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    BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT

    Actor and BLM-Activist Jesse Williams


    16.11.2022
    What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?

    ● Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement, originating in


    the African-American community
    ● It campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people
    ● BLM regularly protests police killings of black people and broader issues of
    racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality
    ● In 2012: beginning of the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter
    on social media
    ● In 2013: start of real life presentation
    ● In 2014: beginning of national recognition
    ● Mentionable names: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin etc.

    Jesse Williams
    Background information

    There are a lot of things Jesse Williams was inspired by when he


    accepted the BET’s humanitarian award- by black political thinkers like
    Martin Luther King Jr., by modern-day activists and artists, and by
    everyday people on social media and beyond.

    In his short speech, Williams presents a great distillation of some of the


    conversations happening about social justice today.

    Did Martin Luther Kings dream come true?


    - Martin Luther Kings dream did not come true yet
    - Black people still have to experience racism every day
    - As a respond in a video a mayor in Alabama stated: ”When you put black lives before all
    live you can kiss my ass”
    - All lives can’t matter until Black Lives Matter
    Sources: https://time.com/4383516/jesse-williams-bet-speech-transcript/ (16.11.2022)

    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-st-jesse-williams-bet-annotated-20160627-snap-htmlstory.html (16.11.2022)

    https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0016241/ (16.11.2022)

    https://www.salon.com/2015/07/23/10_times_jesse_williams_spoke_out_against_racism_police_brutality_and_injustice/ (16.11.2022)

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Jesse_Williams_in_2008_white_shirt.jpg (picture 16.11.2022)

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/jesse-williams-black-lives-matter-and-the-new-age-of-civil-rights-activism/article30643137/ (16.11.2022)

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