Happy Black History Month, Family!
The ongoing assault on the teaching of African America Studies in Florida high schools and the banning of Black books, makes it clear that white supremacists are attempting to maintain power by suppressing Black history.
We must not submit.
Protesters have been trying to disrupt city council meetings since the city hall racism scandal broke, saying de León and Cedillo should resign before the city conducts its business. Krekorian had previously allowed the couple of dozen protesters to chant, shout and slap benches while the council members continued with the meeting, with council members wearing earphones to hear.
Protesters have set up an encampment outside City Councilmember Kevin de León’s home for several days demanding he resign after racist comments he made went public in a leaked audio file that has shaken Los Angeles and the country was highlighted in the article below.
Black Lives Matter was birthed in 2013 in response to George Zimmerman’s acquittal for the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The boots-on-the-ground have always been everyday people committed to ending state-sanctioned violence against Black people. We took to the streets, demanded policy change, shifted narratives, and built a mass movement – then and now – to build a world where all of our people can live and walk freely.
The Black Lives Matter Grassroots responds to Kanye West’s White Liver Matter Shirt. The details of the incident are highlighted below
BLM Grassroots initiated Black Women Are Divine as a national call to Black women across the world to reclaim
their divinity in the names of #BreonnaTaylor, #SandraBland, #WakieshaWilson and all Black women whose lives were stolen by state-sanctioned violence.
As we continue the path ahead together, please stay plugged in with us at www.blmgrassroots.org and on social media at @blmgrassroots.
