"Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where black people are free to exist, free to live. It is a tool for our allies to show up differently for us. I grew up in a neighborhood that was heavily policed. I witnessed my brothers and my siblings continuously stopped and frisked by law enforcement. I remember my home being raided. And one of my questions as a child was, why? Why us? Black Lives Matter offers answers to the why. It offers a new vision for young black girls around the world that we deserve to be fought for, that we deserve to call on local governments to show up for us."
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Anti-racism activistsLGBT peopleWomen academics from the United StatesAfrican-American feministsArtists from Los Angeles
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An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Ted Talks, (October 2016)
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