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Black Lives Matter

From the beginning of Europe’s colonization of the America’s, African people have been used to build our country while facing mass oppression and brutality. These issues persist today. In 2013, the hashtag BlackLivesMatter was created as a result of the unjust murder of Trayvon Martin. Black Lives Matter's goal is to eradicate racist mindsets, police brutality towards people of color, and violence towards Black communities. They are working to equalize the several social, economic, and educational disadvantages faced by Black

Americans on a daily basis.

2013

The Movement Begins

  • Founded by three Black women: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, as a response to the constant killings of Black people, specifically Trayvon Martin

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  • Hashtag #BlackLivesMatter was first used by Garza after the policeman who shot Trayvon Martin was found not guilty

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  • From here, the three co-founders of the movement as well as plenty of other activists started to spread the word

netflix films & series

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  • American Crime

  • Trial By Media (episodes 2 and 3)

  • Dear White People

  • Hollywood

  • Who Killed Malcom X

  • #BlackAF

  • Family Reunion

  • Time: The Kalief Browder Story

  • Mindhunter Season 2

  • Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

  • She’s Gotta Have It

  • The Innocence Files

  • OITNB (season 4 and 5)

  • Trigger Warning with Mike

  • Explained: the Racial Wealth Gap

  • Marshall

  • Malcom X

amazon prime films & series
  • Do the Right Thing

  • Hidden Figures

  • The Hate U Give

  • A Ballerina’s Tale

  • I Am Not Your Negro 

  • Monsters and Men

  • The Uncomfortable Truth

  • Little Fires Everywhere

  • If Beale Street Could Talk

  • Roots

  • Just Mercy

  • Blackklansman

  • Harriet

  • Killer Bees

  • Sorry to Bother You

  • The Rosa Parks Story

  • Selma

  • Get Out

  • Just Mercy

  • Clemency

  • Whose Streets?

  • King in the Wilderness

  • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

anti-racism books
  • Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

  • Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

  • Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

  • How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

  • I’m Still Here: Black Dignity In A World Made For Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

  • Redefining Realness by Janet Mook

  • Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

  • The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

  • The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs

  • The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

  • Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

  • This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherrie Moraga

  • White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin Diangelo

  • Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

  • One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson

  • Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

  • Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

  • Mindful of Race by Ruth King

  • An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

  • Evicted by Matthew Desmond

  • The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone

  • The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

  • I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown

local Black-owned businesses
  • A Votre Service Events @avsevents

  • Evolve Clothing Gallery @evolveclothing

  • Jean Ralph Thurin @jeanralphthurin

  • Tessuto @tessuto

  • Carol’s Creative Chocolatez @carolscreativechocolatez

  • The Hype @thehype908

  • Third Child Wellness Boutique @thirdchildwb

  • Next Level Hair Studio @jessicuts

  • Urban Chaos @urbanchaosnj

  • Soul Trip @soultrip_nj

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