Black Lives Matter Grassroots stands unwaveringly with the Palestinian people, and students around the world who dare to put their bodies and futures on the line to demand a U.S. arms embargo against Israel and a #FreePalestine.
Black Lives Matter Grassroots is demanding the passage of meaningful legislation and is standing with her family in calling for justice for Sonya Massey. Massey, a 36-year old Black mother of two had her life stolen by Sangamon County sheriff’s deputies after she called 911 for help when she believed a prowler was stalking her home.
Join BLM Grassroots Chapters across the country celebrate Women’s History month.
Mainstream media’s reports on the story fail the fact-check test as Black Lives Matter Grassroots has a policy of never endorsing candidates and has no Rhode Island Chapter.
All over the state, symbolic waters are also on the rise, and marginalized Gen Z’ers are struggling to keep their heads above it. As DeSantis continues to expand his “war on wokeness” for his presidential bid, his policies are devastating marginalized communities, leaving many young people reeling as they try to survive in the state they call home
As the world is faced with deep questions about self-determination, as we all desire and pray for a world of peace,, we must stand unwaveringly on the side of the oppressed. When a people have been subject to decades of apartheid and unimaginable violence, their resistance must not be condemned, but understood as a desperate act of self-defense.
They want to kill us because we are a movement driven by people who are unbought and unbossed.
One year after 15-year-old Jaheim McMillan was shot and killed by a Gulfport police officer, his mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit for $10 billion against the City of Gulfport and the officer who court documents say shot McMillan.
In February 2023, a Grand Jury cleared the officer of wrongdoing in the shooting, finding no criminal conduct on his behalf.
In the decade since it began, #BlackLivesMatter has shifted the nation’s collective consciousness, whether we wanted it shifted or not.
Every generation of Americans lives through a moment that captures history in hindsight, a moment so indelible—the JFK assassination, 9/11—people can describe exactly where they were and what they were doing when it happened.
Melina Abdullah remembers exactly what her brother said as George Zimmerman was being tried for the murder of Trayvon Martin.
“He’s getting off and they’re giving him his gun back.”
Abdullah, like many, said she felt “jarred and outraged” following Zimmerman’s acquittal on July 13, 2013. It was a verdict that hit close to home.
