NPQ: Black Lives Matter at Five: Activists Take Stock

[Lee Cruz]

Black Lives Matter at Five: Activists Take Stock

By  STEVE DUBB 

The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin took place on July 13, 2013. Reaction to the acquittal led to the birth of what is now known as the Black Lives Matter movement. Chauncey Alcorn, writing in Mic, recalls the movement’s origins...

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