The Black Lives Matter Movement

According to my text book, civil disobedience is the voluntarily breaking established laws based on one’s moral belief. I strongly believe that civil disobedience is never justified, regardless of the situation. Yes, something might be wrong according to your morals, but laws are in place to prevent chaos. All these events mentioned; war protesters, anti-abortion activist, Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives Matter Movement, Charlottesville, Confederate statues, so on and so forth has created chaos throughout the United States.

The widely popular and controversial Black Lives Matter Movement not only draws attention to police brutality against black bodies, it also expose institutional racism seen within the public school system. Therefore, this movement becomes a valuable opportunity for both teachers and students to discuss race relations in classroom. So, how can classrooms benefit from and contribute to this movement? Studies show that if classrooms actively engage in relevant social issues teachers can improve the quality of instruction and actually maximizes students’ learning experience (Perlstein, 2002). A successful example of a revolution beginning in the classroom happened at the Black Panther Party’s Oakland Community School (OCS) established in 1971 (formerly

After what we heard about the brutality of police officers to the African-American community, Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement started by there strong women, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. The movement first started in 2013, when a police officer brutally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old student in Florida. BLM movement was first started on the social network website Twitter by the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. I heard the whole keynote that was presented by Bobby Vaughn. Actually his last statement had an effect on me “All lives matter, black lives matter, LGBTQ lives matter, muslims lives matter.” It made me realize that it is not only my life or my family’s lives, but also every human being. We need to be treated equally

In spite of the fact that Black Lives Matter sends a clear message that African Americans are being targeted in America, some disagree with the movement's approach and its exclusion of other ethnic groups. Former editor and columnist for USA Today, Barbara Reynolds, uses the Washington Post to share her views toward Black Lives Matter movement. In her article, she expresses "I support BLM's cause, but not its approach." She illustrates on how BLM's approach is remotely defying and disgraceful to proven methods of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's nonviolent tradition. As a former civil rights activist, Reynolds feels like BLM opposes the structure of peaceful protesting in regards to BLM's "demonstration peppered with hate speeches, profanity, and

Determining a new political direction for the entire movement that does not include continuing assimilation would be difficult since so many lesbians/gays/bisexuals (LGB) have already assimilated into the mainstream culture. However, that is exactly what the movement must do. It might seem beneficial to continue to assimilate, but assimilation only serves those who choose to police themselves and others. Even though many within the community have already decided to “integrate,” that does not mean that transgender, queer, and gender-nonconforming people have to as well. Even younger LGB can refuse to accept assimilation.

Has black lives matter achieved its purpose? Is it a successful movement? Why or why not?

In my research paper I will be addressing a movement known as “Black Lives Matter”. The topic of my paper will be discussing the oppression of African Americans in America. I will approach this topic by researching civil rights movements from the past that are similar to the current black lives matter movement. My research methods will include analyzing interviews from activist who participated in civil rights movement, reading articles and books for information on the topic. I will identify race issues in America between African Americans and whites. The goal of this research paper is to prove that the Black Lives Matter movement is the start of a new civil rights movement.

“ A Look into the Values of The Black Lives Matter Socio – Political Movement”

To this day, African American history has drastically shaped the world and more specifically, the United States. The topic of slavery has been the most discussed throughout history because of the arising issues it has caused between people in many places. Today, most people reject the ideology of pro-slavery and consider slavery as a burden of the United States. However, in the past, rationalizations and justifications of slavery encouraged slave trades, assisted in slavery expansion and legalization in the United States. Slavery became increasingly hostile to those who were involved during the journey from Africa to the arrival and settlement in the United States. To illustrate the experiences of slavery from a slave’s perspective, narratives written by fugitive slaves such as Harriett Tubman and Frederick Douglass are essential when trying to understand chattel slavery in America. When slavery came to an end, African Americans were still faced with challenges and discrimination in society. In his book, W.E.B. DuBois observed the root problems and proposed solutions to these problems. This example is beneficial when trying to understand problems and issues that African Americans from the beginning of the Reconstruction period well into the 20th century.

The first demonstration that was organized by the movement was the “Black Lives Matter Ride”. This ride brought people from all over the country to come on a bus to St. Louis Missouri and support the growth of the movement. Garza wrote that this ride caused their team to grow and was, overall, “very successful” (Black Lives Matter). Since then, many other forms of protest have been held around the country with everyday people joining together to grow the movement. The founders and supporters of the movement have held nationwide conference calls so that they may talk in an educational manner about the importance of Black peoples in modern day society (Black Lives Matter).

What is Black Lives Matter? Black Lives Matter is a movement founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza. It was created to fight anti-Black Racism, systematic oppression and violence against the Black community.

In the wake of the 2014 grand jury decision to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the death of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown, social media activists from around the world vented their anger and sadness about the result with the Black Lives Matter hashtag. While there were many documented cases of police brutality before Michael Brown’s death, this was the one that truly popularized the Black Lives Matter Movement (Acosta). The Black Lives Matter movement is “working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically and intentionally targeted for demise” (About), as well as highlighting the contributions Black lives have made to society.

Currently ,The “Black Lives Matter” movement is failing, and they could learn a lot from the Civil Rights Movement that took place in the 1950s. The Civil Rights Movement proved that in order to make change through protest a group must have a brand, and a clear and respected leader. The current “Black Lives Matter” movement lacks these aspects but they can be obtained through reorganization.

Civil disobedience is a positive impact on free society. The ability to publicly protest without violence must be protected, like not standing for the pledge of allegiance and national anthem. Many people have decided that not standing for the pledge is a solid show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement. Their reasoning behind this is that the pledge does not speak truth anymore. The pledge preaches freedom to all citizens, regardless of colour, and with the racism in today's society, many people feel that America is not really a country of freedom.

Every movement have a starting point or a trigger. The Michael Brown killing was the trigger that started the black lives matter movement and encourages young people to stand up for what is right. The national media didn’t give Michael Brown death importance until the community respond in violences. In which the grand jury had already made their decision in favor of officer Darren Wilson. Now reporters are trying to show the world how police officers doesn’t value minority people's lives. Some people are blaming reporters for the social unrest in the United States. The numbers of police killing unarmed black people is still increasing and the police officers are not getting any consequences for their action. Packnett says “We have no choice but to keep going” even though there are no changes we still need to keep fighting.