Sentences with phrase «as black lives matter»

McKesson, a Bowdoin alum, has risen to prominence in the last two years as a Black Lives Matter activist, a candidate for mayor in Baltimore, and, as DuBois put it, «a hardcore Twitter user.»

This panel will look at literature, both here and in France, and how it engages the work of identity in our era of political extremism and activist movements such as Black Lives Matter in the U.S. or the Nuit Debout in France.

With discussions about immigration growing ever more heated, and groups such as Black Lives Matter UK are raising awareness around issues such as police brutality and racism in Britain, this unmissable exhibition feels timely.

Granted, this provocative polemic might serve as a Black Lives Matter recruiting tool, but it is likely to be of little value to any truth seeker interested in an impartial investigation.

Violent crime in some of America's largest cities is on the rise thanks to the «false narrative» perpetuated by groups such as Black Lives Matter, a prominent policing expert said...

The conference runs through the end of the day Saturday and features such other speakers as Black Lives Matter co-founder Opal Tometi, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, the first Indian - American woman in the House, and activist attorney Zephyr Teachout.

And having organizations sprout up such as Black Lives Matter, Campaign Zero, and the youth organizations of the NAACP, and the Urban League, and The National Action Network is very encouraging.

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That's no longer the case, as social movements like Black Lives Matter and #MeToo have thrust the power dynamics that she highlights in her own New York City classroom onto a cultural main stage, and made her work more accessible and understandable.

A policewoman holds back a «Black Lives Matter» supporter as she shouts towards supporters of Donald Trump, who said they were members of «Bible Believers» during the Republican National Convention.

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Although Periscope has attracted a certain number of passionate users — and has been cited in the past by influential users such as Deray McKesson, one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement — it hasn't really achieved anything close to mainstream acceptance.

As a white female, it would be inappropriate and ignorant for me to use my voice speak out against minority social movements like the Black Lives Matter movement, the Gay Liberation movement, or Latino Social movements.

In particular, she was impressed with how social media advanced the conversation around Black Lives Matter, a movement to end violence against African Americans that started as a hashtag on Twitter.

Using the Parkland shooting and Black Lives Matter as examples, can we talk about individual versus collective accountability through an emergent strategy lens?

These shows presented a range of black lives just as series of the 70s did, but they treated prosperity as a matter of course as opposed to an uphill struggle that might discourage black audiences from emulating in their real lives.

Is that at the end of my campaign when it appeared that Clinton was going to win, and certainly after she won the nomination, what the... what the Russians were doing was flocking to Bernie Sanders Facebook sites, and they were saying to Bernie Sanders supporters, as they were by the way to Black Lives Matter supporters, people who were fighting for social justice.

But for some black racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embrblack racial justice activists, organizers, and public figures, the reaction to the students of Stoneman Douglas has also led to another truth: Organizing around Black Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embrBlack Lives Matter and the larger Movement for Black Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embrBlack Lives, another youth - led movement demanding policy change in the wake of trauma, was not and has not been as readily embraced.

If anyone were to say something as vociferous, say about the Black Lives Matter movement or feminism imagine the outrage that would happen.

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In more recent years, teenagers have taken the lead in Ferguson, New York City and Cleveland as the public face of Black Lives Matter, and were promptly dismissed as angry black yoBlack Lives Matter, and were promptly dismissed as angry black yoblack youths.

Essence reported Google gave $ 2.35 million dollars to the movement [6], while CNN [7] reported entities such as the Ford Foundation and Resource Generation have donated to Black Lives Matter as well as celebrities.

The question over whether evangelicals with counter-cultural stances fit in broader movements similarly came up as some social justice — minded evangelicals endorsed the main thrust of the Black Lives Matter cause in recent years without getting behind the organization's LGBT position.

McKesson is best known for his activism in support of Black Lives Matter, a movement which began in part as reaction to the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in the summer of 2014.

The DisruptJ20 activist network is holding a series of events throughout Washington, D.C. on January 20, including the Queer Resistance on J20, a queer anti-inauguration party at a security checkpoint, at 6:30 a.m. at McPherson Square Park; the Movement for Black Lives #J20 Resistance at the Inauguration — a combined movement of Black Lives Matter DC, Baltimore BLOC and the Movement for Black Lives — at 7 a.m. at MPD Police Headquarters; the «Festival of Resistance: March Against Trump» at 12 p.m. at Columbus Circle to reject forms of hate and oppression such as racism, sexism, transphobia, Islamophobia and ableism; and «Preparing for the Trump Era: What Anarchists Are» on January 21 at 5 p.m. at The Festival Center.

Mayor Bill de Blasio denounced some of the more extreme slogans of the Black Lives Matter movement in a radio conversation with an African - American NYPD officer today — even as he continued to praise the group as «necessary.»

The failure to recognize that black and brown lives matter is evident throughout all five boroughs, as New York's communities of color suffer the brutality of hyper - aggressive policing and are too often denied meaningful accountability of officers who to choose to use excessive and deadly force.

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While the Sanders campaign in recent months has emphasized criminal justice issues that have been raised by the Black Lives Matter movement — as well as the candidate's own record during the civil rights movement of the 1960s — Rangel said being a representative of Vermont doesn't help the resume.

Crawley was met with loud cheers from about two dozen Black Lives Matter protesters as he walked out of the Onondaga County Justice Center Friday after spending the night in jail.

Vice President Joe Biden rebuffed Giuliani's comments describing the Black Lives Matter movement as «inherently racist,» calling that «a very broad statement.»

As former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani rails against Black Lives Matter, his law firm reaps tens of thousands of dollars lobbying Congress for the biggest operator of private prisons in America.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio denounced some of the more extreme slogans of the Black Lives Matter movement in a radio conversation with an African - American NYPD officer today — even as he continued to praise the group as «necessary.»

Black Lives Matter supporters demonstrated in front of former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani's Midtown office yesterday in response to the former mayor publicly denouncing the group as «anti-American» and «inherently racist.»

Washington (CNN) Vice President Joe Biden on Monday rebuffed comments by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani describing the Black Lives Matter movement as «inherently racist,» calling it «a very broad statement.»

After the event, Howard issued a statement saying «I understand that some members of the crowd at this public event displayed a confederate flag and I know that members of the Black Lives Matter organization were there as well.

I don't support a white supremacist's view of discrimination and bigotry as I don't support Black Lives Matter's hate and call for killing law enforcement personnel.

The failure to recognize that black and brown lives matter is evident throughout all five boroughs, as New York's communities of color suffer the brutality of hyperaggressive policing and are too often denied meaningful accountability of officers who to choose to use excessive and deadly force,» they continued.

Demonstrators including at least 20 city council members briefly blocked traffic on Broadway outside City Hall today as they protested the death of Eric Garner this afternoon with songs, a «die - in» and chants of «black lives matter.»

«I am absolutely not worried about Cynthia Nixon,» Governor Cuomo announced in a Black Lives Matter hoodie as he legalized drinking in public parks

A co-founder of the now - dominant Progressive Caucus, he became a regular face at Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter protests, and commandeered headlines as a bitter critic of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's policing policies and of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the city's rent laws.

Progressive opposition to Diaz was splintered, with Elvin García, who served as de Blasio's Bronx borough director as well as his LGBTQ liaison, winning support from the Stonewall Democrats, while Amanda Farias, who has worked for Queens City Councilmember Elizabeth Crowley, snagged endorsements not only from the Jim Owles Club, but also from Planned Parenthood, Vote Pro Choice, the 504 Democrats, which advocates on disabilities issues, and Black Lives Matter New York.

With this sudden influx of material, the normally tranquil black hole — named Sagittarius A * (pronounced «A star») and as massive as 4 million suns — will roar to life, unleashing a fiery discharge of matter and radiation.

Quasars constitute a brief phase in the galactic life - cycle, during which they shine as the most luminous objects in the Universe, powered by the infall of matter onto a supermassive black hole.

Nelson and his co-writer, Marcia Smith, begin the HBCU story in the post-Civil War South and bring it up to the moment, suggesting but not naming the Black Lives Matter movement as the newest iteration in a legacy of social engagement and self - determination.

But when the hatchets come out for the rebellion itself (one that turns, troublesomely, on an act of sexual violence, courtesy of a leering Jackie Earle Haley), the movie grows oddly inarticulate — neither as horrific as it should be nor as cathartic, given the timeliness of material that resonates with the Black Lives Matter movement.

2015's «Hell You Talmbout» - a song that lists black victims of police brutality in the US, recorded to support the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement - is an extremely powerful anthem, and one that stands alone in Monáe's discography as a moment of pure black victims of police brutality in the US, recorded to support the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement - is an extremely powerful anthem, and one that stands alone in Monáe's discography as a moment of pure Black Lives Matter movement - is an extremely powerful anthem, and one that stands alone in Monáe's discography as a moment of pure fury.

Londoner Daniel Kaluuya is exceptional as a young photographer invited into a Stepford - ish world where black lives really don't matter.

As the curtain came down on the festivities, Rock finally seemed to take sides by defiantly bidding farewell with «Black lives matter!»

Recent developments could be seen as having paved the way: the Black Lives Matter movement, debates over representation sparked by the #OscarSoWhite debacle, the resurgence of white nationalism and institutional racism resulting from Donald Trump's presidency.

The film, from co-directors Byron Howard and Rich Moore, explores the kinds of social inequities — gender, racial and class bias — they saw unfolding during production in the national conversation as police killings of African American men sparked the Black Lives Matter movement.