#Black Lives Matter

What does #BLM stands for?

• Blue Lives Matter

• Bureau of Land Management

• Black Lives Matter

• Baseball League Manager

Who are the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement? Select all that apply.

• Patrisse Cullors

• Michelle Green

• Alicia Garza

• Opal Tometi

Black Lives Matter is an activist movement which began as a hashtag (#BlackLivesMatter) after _______________ was acquitted in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

The movement became more widely known and popularized after two high-profile deaths in 2014 of which two unarmed African-American men?

• Eric Gardner

• George Floyd

• Stephon Clark

• Michael Brown

BLM generally engages in direct action tactics that make people uncomfortable enough that they must address the issue. BLM is known to build power through

• radio

• protests

• rallies

• social media

On June 6, between 50,00 to 80,000 Black Lives Matter protesters turned out in what city?

• Philadelphia

• Chicago

• Los Angles

• Houston

The event that it said to be the catalyst for BLM is when an unarmed black teenager, was killed by twelve police bullets in Ferguson, St Louis. Police left his body in the street for four and a half hours, steps away from his mother’s house. That young man's name was?

• Eric Garner

• Philandro Castile

• Michael Brown

• Freddy Gray

Black Lives Matter means ___________________ and are creators of this space. Queer Black lives, Trans Black lives, formerly incarcerated Black lives, differently-abled Black lives, Black women’s lives, immigrant black lives, Black elderly and children’s lives.

• All Lives Matter

• All Black Lives Matter

• Some Lives Matter

• Blue Lives Matter

BLM movement returned to national headlines and gained further international attention during the global George Floyd protests in 2020 following George Floyd's killing by a __________________ police officer.

• New York

• Newark

• Minneapolis

• Miami

Black Lives Matter protest are more likely to occur in localities where more black people have previously been killed by police.

• True

• False