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Author Kallen, Stuart A., 1955- author.

Title Black lives matter : grassroots movement to global phenomenon / Stuart A. Kallen.

Publication Info. San Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Being Black in America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents #BlackLivesMatter -- A Force to Be Reckoned With -- Making Demands -- Speaking Truth, Changing Minds.
Summary "Black Lives Matter was founded by activists Cullors, Alicia Garz, and Opal Tometi in 2013 as a hashtag meant to draw attention to the police brutality and racially motivated violence perpetrated against Black people. The group rose to prominence the following year when authorities in Ferguson, Missouri shot a young Black man, Michael Brown, as he walked down the street. Since that time the decentralized movement, which emphasizes local organizing, has been a driving force in thousands of nonviolent civil disobedience protests again systemic racism"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 14-18 ReferencePoint Press.
Note Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Subject Black lives matter movement -- Influence -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Juvenile literature.
Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
African Americans -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst00799698
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Racial profiling in law enforcement. (OCoLC)fst01086589
Racism. (OCoLC)fst01086616
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Other Form: Print version: Kallen, Stuart A., 1955- Black lives matter San Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, [2021] 9781678200244 (DLC) 2020043181
ISBN 9781678200251 (electronic book)
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