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The thieves who stole our resources under the banner of the BLM Global Network Foundation seem to have made statements about the inner workings of the Democratic Party.
#BlackLivesMatter
Grassroots, our 39 chapters & 1000s of activists are too busy organizing on frontlines.
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“The earth will still be here after Cop City falls. The people may not be.” -speaking on behalf of the Muskogee nation
#StopCopCity
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Sign the petition to DEMAND JUSTICE in the name of
#KeenanAnderson
…31-year-old Black father and schoolteacher tased to death by LAPD.
#BlackLivesMatter
@BLMLA
@ColorOfChange
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THIS is whose life LAPD stole.
#KeenanAnderson
was a beloved Black schoolteacher and father. Fight for him.
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URGENT!
CALL SUMMIT COUNTY JAIL
330-643-2171
DEMAND THE RELEASE OF:
Bianca Austin -
#BreonnaTaylor
’s aunt
Jacob Blake, Sr. - Jacob Blake’s father
Cortez Rice -
#JahmariRice
’s father
Michael Harris - justice activist
Arrested for protesting for
#JaylandWalker
#BlackLivesMatter
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Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
Defund the police.
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WE WON!!!!
$15 million award in the wrongful death lawsuit for 14-year-old
#AndrewJosephIII
v. Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Thank you to everyone who poured into this victory.
Next up let’s
#EndQualifiedImmunity
!
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For those who think
#BlackLivesMatter
only protests…
We use every tool to win justice for our people…
Major shouts out to
@BLMLA
, which is now 3 for 3 on ballot measures…
Last night they won a HUGE victory in passing MEASURE A for sheriffs accountability.
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We’re just a week away from the People’s Justice Festival celebrating 10 YEARS OF BLACK LIVES MATTER featuring Dr.
@CornelWest
! RSVP now!
#BLMTurns10
!
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RT
@CopCityVote
: If you're a City of Atlanta resident who was registered to vote as of Oct. 4, 2021, you're eligible to sign the petition! Come visit us at one of our offices or look for us in the field!
#postthepetition
#stopcopcity
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As some mourn the death of
#QueenElizabeth
, we mourn and organize for
#ChrisKaba
, a 24-year-old Black father-to-be killed by British police last week. Please lift his name and donate.
@BLMUK
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RT
@blmgrassroots
: Black Lives Matter Grassroots
Statement in
#Solidarity
with the People of
#Palestine
.
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.
@Blklivesmatter
(the Global Network Foundation) has blocked us so that they can duck, dodge, and dole out at least $2.2 million to themselves, trade our people’s spilled blood for exclusive parties, and steal our movement and make it into this…
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So now talking back to police at a protest can get you 4-years in prison? We must all stand with Brittany Martin, our movement sister and a Black pregnant mother.
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BLMLA: RT
@HugoForCD13
: By the end of this LAPD contract, the starting salary for a police officer will be $97k.
How different would our city look if the starting salary for a mental health professional was $97k?
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-There cannot be justice for
#TyreNichols
because justice would mean that he was still here.
-We must pull police out of traffic stops.
-Justice requires that we transform, not simply reform, public safety.
- It is struggle & organizing that will win justice.
#BlackLivesMatter
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As one of our greatests ascends to the realm of the Ancestors we offer our deepest thanks for a life that was lived as an offering, grounded in deep and abiding love for the people. May we forever be inspired by
#HarryBelafonte
. May the good that he has done last forever.
❤️🖤💚
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We stand with our Asian siblings. Praying and also committing to do the work.
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“Research shows that police don’t keep communities safe.” Representative of the
@NAACP_LDF
#StopCopCity
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Welcome home
#BrittanyGriner
!
Thank you to all who worked tirelessly for their freedom. Brittney Griner: Russia frees US basketball star in swap with arms dealer Bout - BBC News
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“If police forces in Georgia succeed in their atrocious assault against those engaged in dissent it will become a model for ramped up repression by police forces all over the country. The stakes could not be higher.”
#StopCopCity
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Black people are under attack in Florida. We will not allow the ones who put Black lives in danger to save face. The blood of
#AngelaMichelleCarr
#AJLaguerreJr
&
#JerraldGallion
are on the hands of Ron DeSatan.
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10 years ago today we pledged to build “a movement, not a moment.” A decade in and we’re making good on that promise.
#BLMTurns10
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On this
#MotherDay
, we send our deep love and call for justice for
#BrittanyMartin
, who should be home celebrating with her 5 children and fiancé. Instead she’s in prison for what words spoken to a cop in the midst of a 2020 protest.
#BlackMamasMatter
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This nation is built on the stolen land of Indigenous people and the stolen labor and lives of our African Ancestors. Let’s consciously refuse the
#pilgrim
narrative.
#SettlerColonialism
#Thanksgiving
#Thankstaking
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Making Black lives matter, requires the vigorous defense of Black women’s lives and bodies. BLM-Grassroots condemns today’s Supreme Court ruling in the strongest possible terms, stands with those who require safe & legal abortions, and demands full reproductive justice.
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More than 350 people signed up for
#StopCopCity
public comment with hundreds more in line at Atlanta City Council.
@CommunityMvt
@QueenYoNasDa
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BLMLA: RT
@PplsCityCouncil
: COP CITY WILL NEVER BE BUILT.
Solidarity from LA 🖤
#StopCopCity
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#Juneteenth
is…
FREEDOM Day for Black people.
SOLIDARITY Day for non-Black people of color.
REPARATIONS Day for white folks.
We want more than a federal holiday.
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#RyanGainer
should be alive. Instead, his family has to fundraise for this 15-year-old beautiful, kind, autistic, Black child’s funeral after San Bernadino sheriffs stole his life. Please support Ryan’s family as much as you can.
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We spent the last 6 months trying to handle things quietly…to negotiate and call Bowers in. He refused. We have no choice but to come to the people and ask for help in this struggle for the soul of
#BlackLivesMatter
.
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After almost 4 years and a massive statewide cover up, the 5 Louisiana state troopers who beat
#RonaldGreene
to death have been charged and are set to be arraigned on Tuesday.
#BlackLivesMatter
Grassroots is on the ground in Farmerville, LA to support.
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“That is the mantra of
#BlackLivesMatter
…to survive, and live, and demand that we be treated as human beings.” -
@MrChuckD
#BLMTurns10
People’s JusticeFestival
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Three years ago the world was cracked wide open as millions rose up in the name of
#GeorgeFloyd
. On this third angelversary, let us recommit ourselves and
#DoTheWork
necessary to honor George Floyd and all
those killed by police and white-supremacist violence.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Nowhere in the world should an allegation of shoplifting - food, at that - bring a death sentence…especially of a pregnant mother.
#TakiyaYoung
#SayHerName
#BlackLivesMatter
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THURSDAY 10AM PT/1PM ET
Join the twitter storm to demand justice in the name of
#AndrewJosephIII
, who was just 14 when he was killed as a result of sheriffs misconduct in Tampa.
#EndQualifiedImmunity
that shields police from accountability.
Toolkit:
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“People struggling with mental health are much more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators of violence….We need independent mental health responders.” -Craig
@BLMFLORIDA
#BlackLivesMatter
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“Black faces in high places will not save us” - Ruha Benjamin
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How you know
@blklivesmatter
Global Network Foundation is NOT
#BlackLivesMatter
…
They literally posted a clip from Pocahontas for
#Thanksgiving
…and credited Disney!
We apologize to all our Indigenous comrades.
#TheyAreNotUs
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Happy
#LaborDay
to every real worker….
That means NOT POLICE or the associations that protect killer and corrupt cops.
#EndPoliceAssociations
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SATURDAY 8-10AM THIS IS NOT A DRILL! ON
@kbla1580
🗣️Talking about how we’re going to
#StopCopCity
with community organizer
@QueenYoNasDa
,
@KamauFranklin
of
@CommunityMvt
and
@Maryhooks
from
@Mvmnt4blklives
.
#MoreThanAHashtag
with the family of
#AhmaudArbery
.
🧵(1/2)
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At 80 years-old Black Panther leader Elaine Brown hasn’t slowed down. The fight for Black freedom is a lifetime of struggle.
We were honored to have her join the
#BLMTurns10
People’s Justice Festival.
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Cops aren’t workers.
Police associations aren’t labor unions.
#EndPoliceAssociations
#BlackLivesMatter
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Black Lives Matter Grassroots stands in solidarity with our Palestinian family who are currently resisting 75 years of settler colonialism and apartheid.
It’s that important, we just had to say it again…
#FreePalestine
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So now police are shooting 11-year-old babies who call them for help. It’s only by the grace of God that we’re not hashtagging Aderrien Murray’s name.
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To Atlanta City Councilman Michael Julian Bond…
“I knew your daddy
#JulianBond
and one of the last things he got arrested for was environmental justice.”
@RevYearwood
@HipHopCaucus
#StopCopCity
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Today we rejoice!
Grateful that our beloved Baba, healer, and freedom fighter is FREE FROM PRISON after 36 years behind the wall.
Let’s demonstrate our love by giving generously to make sure he has what he needs as he returns HOME to LA.
#WelcomeHomeMutulu
#BlackLivesMatter
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OUR Baba Akili standing at the Congressional Black Caucus high-falutin dinner as Joe Biden took the mic. Thank you, Baba, for your wisdom, courage, and willingness to put your body on the line to do what’s right. We continue to learn from and be inspired by you!
May we all take
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.
@JoeBiden
’s Executive Order on policing has some important components that
#BlackLivesMatter
advocated for, like a national database of police killings and ending the transfer of military equipment to police. Still, it’s not the transformation we need. We must
#DefundThePolice
.
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Why are our babies punished for trying to hold teachers using racial slurs in schools accountable? The teacher stepped down but between them and the administration of Glendale High School in Springfield, MO, there’s plenty of shame to go around!
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#BlackLivesMatter
was birthed to end state-sanctioned violence against Black people.
That is…and remains…our core mission.
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“The proposed police training facility is racist to its core.” -Dr. Jackie of South Watershed Alliance and neighborhood resident
#StopCopCity
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Two days into the long-awaited trial for accountability in the death of 14-year-old
#AndrewJosephIII
and sheriffs are already tripping themselves up in lies…
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LA!
TODAY AT 3PM!
#TyreNichols
#KeenanAnderson
TODAY 3PM VENICE & LINCOLN
in the name of
#TyreNichols
..and
#KeenanAnderson
,
#DaunteWright
,
#SandraBland
,
#DevinBrown
,
#PhilandoCastile
,
#JarvisLykes
,
#TerenceCrutcher
#RonaldGreene
…
#CopsOutOfTrafficStops
!
Bring signs, voices, skateboards, noisemakers & energy!
#BlackLivesMatter
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#BlackAugust
: On August 9, 2014,
#MikeBrown
was stolen from us. But the communities of St. Louis and Ferguson rose up and called on the world to rise up with them. Today we remember the life of
#MikeBrown
and the Ferguson Uprising.
#FastStudyTrainFight
#BlackLivesMatter
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RT
@micahinATL
: Scenes from the kick off party for the sixth
#StopCopCity
week of action :)
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Here’s how you can demand justice in the name of 15-year-old
#JaheimMcMillan
, killed by Gulfport police:
1. BOYCOTT Family Dollar. 2. CALL County Commissioner Tindell and tell him to release the bodycam. 228-342-5963
3. DONATE directly to Jaheim’s family.
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Important sign and share. Demand that all charges be dropped against our beloved brother Michael “Pressure” Harris! Akron police brutalized him for standing in the name of
#JaylandWalker
and are now charging him for their brutality. We say HELL naw!
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@BLMLA
@blmgrassroots
Statement on the LA Police Commission's Policy Ruling for the Killing of
#KeenanAnderson
.
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People keep asking about $90 million squandered, $6 million mansions, self-dealing…
Some may have used
#BlackLivesMatter
for their own personal gain. Check in with “Shalomyah” Bowers and the usurpers who stole
@Blklivesmatter
.
We’re not them.
#WeAreNotThem
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You might have received this email from the thief in charge of
@Blklivesmatter
, who stole the movement’s money, platforms and good name.
We didn’t donate so
@Cicley_Gay
could vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, did you?
If you’re as outraged as we are:
1. DROP a comment on their page
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Expert witness in wrongful death of
#AndrewJosephIII
says Hillsborough County Sheriffs violated eighth-grader’s 4th Amendment rights in detaining him for running and had a duty to call his parents instead of abandoning him on the side of the highway.
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“This was not just white-supremacy, it was deeply anti-Black.”
@MsPackyetti
@MSNBC
#BlackLivesMatter
#BuffaloMassacre
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Grateful, grateful, grateful for all who took part in bringing our revered elder home. Grateful to the Creator and most righteous Ancestors. Welcome home Baba
#MutuluShakur
!
#FreeOurElders
#FreeEmAll
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Black students should be kept safe on campus! We demand justice in the name of
#TylerLewis
…stabbed to death by a white assailant at University at Buffalo last October.
#BlackLivesMatter
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SATURDAY 8-10AM THIS IS NOT A DRILL! ON
@kbla1580
🗣️Talking about Why Palestine Should Matter to Black People with Baba Hank Jones of the Black Panther Party and Thandiwe Abdullah with BLM Youth Vanguard.
#MoreThanAHashtag
with the family of
#JalenRandle
. 🧵(1/2)
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To all those participating in this holy month of
#Ramadan
…
May this time bring you an abundance of blessings, peace, and happiness. May you find strength and guidance in your faith and may your prayers and good deeds be accepted by Allah.
Ramadan Mubarak!
كل عام وانتم بخير
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As
#BlackLivesMatter
approaches our 10 year anniversary, we must redouble our commitment to Black freedom.
We must not grow weary. Show up and stand up!
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Our hearts break with the Gainer family over the theft of 15-year-old
#RyanGainer
’s life.
We must turn that pain into action…
Demand accountability and justice in Ryan’s name!
SIGN AND SHARE THE PETITION by our friends at
@MomsRising
.
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Last week
#BlackLivesMatter
Grassroots took our second trip to
#Buffalo
to develop strategies to dismantle white-supremacist-terrorism, with a foundational talk by Dr. Julianne Malveaux.
@drjlastword
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Starting today…
Boycott white capitalism. Build Black.
Buy Black.
Bank Black.
#BlackXmas
11/25/22-1/1/23
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“You want to spend $67 million on cop city. You’re robbing Peter to pay police.”
#StopCopCity
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After nearly 1000 folks spent 15 straight hours giving public comment to
#StopCopCity
ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL APPROVED $67 MILLION TO BUILD COP CITY
in the wee hours of the morning.
11 yes votes (including the son of Civil Rights leader Julian Bond)
4 no votes
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“I want to make it financially unsustainable for the police to continue to kill Black people unjustly.”
@AttorneyCrump
#CivilMovie
#abff2022
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GIVE TO THE FAMILY OF
#TylerLewis
!
Tyler was a beautiful, brilliant, young college student stabbed to death at University at Buffalo by a white assailant.
Neither the university or the DA is helping.
The family needs support. Please give generously.
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Fight to
#EndQualifiedImmunity
in the name of
#AndrewJosephIII
. DAY 2 of the trial in Tampa. We can’t stop and we won’t stop!
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BLMLA: After swatting our
@DocMellyMel
three times, LAPD essentially swatted her attorney who is suing them for the swattings…
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We demand that the resources, platforms and good name of
#BlackLivesMatter
be returned to the people who birthed, built and fuel the movement.
Read, sign and share the open letter.
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The social media platforms that we built remain in the hands of highly paid
@Blklivesmatter
consultants. This means we can’t use them to call for justice in the name of 15-year-old
#JaheimMcMillan
…who was killed by police in Gulfport, MS. His funeral was today.
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“There is nothing to fear except not addressing the evils in the world and regretting it for the rest of your life.”
-Baba Hank Jones, San Francisco 8 and the Black Panther Party
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BLMLA: Black Lives Matter CA’s Statement to Oppose SB 770:
Black Lives Matter CA supports single payer healthcare, a necessary policy that is long overdue that can transform our state and literally save lives. We believe in tearing down systems of harm, …
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White, racist, brutal cops, who make up the
#GoonSquad
were sentenced today. 20 years is historic and no amount of time would be enough. Grateful for the relentless work of
#BlackLivesMatter
Grassroots Mississippi and brilliant attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz.
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Black Panther Party was founded on October 15, 1966, in Oakland, CA, marking a pivotal moment in the fight for Black liberation and community defense.
#BlackLivesMatter
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This system was not built for Black people, and yet we have been the ones to save America every time we’re in a crisis.
#VoteAndOrganize
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Black Lives Matter Grassroots is
#BlackLivesMatter
. It belongs to the people.
We find ourselves in the midst of a massive struggle to return the resources and tools to those who birthed, built, and fuel the movement. We will win.
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Be sure to tune in to
@kbla1580
today at 11am PT as
@tavissmiley
talks with
@SybrinaFulton
, mother of
#TrayvonMartin
, whose Spirit inspired the formation of
#BlackLivesMatter
.
#BLMTurns10
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Please donate to support 16-year-old
#RalphYarl
, who was shot by a white man in Kansas City for ringing the wrong doorbell.
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This
#BlackAugust
we remember
#GeorgeJackson
’s Spirit in commemoration of the San Quentin Uprising of 8/21/1971.
George Jackson became a pivotal leader in the Black Power and Prisoner’s Rights movements while he was serving a 1-year-to-life sentence for a $70 robbery. 🧵 (1/2)
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