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americans-fight
Freedom fighters around the globe commemorate July 13 as the day
that three Black women helped give birth to a movement. In the five
short years since #Black LivesMatter arrived on the scene — thanks to
the creative genius of Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometti —
the push for Black liberation from state-inflicted violence has evolved
into one of the most influential social movements of the post-civil rights
era. Black Lives Matter has always been more of a human rights
movement rather than a civil rights movement. BLM's focus has been
less about changing specific laws and more about fighting for a
fundamental reordering of society wherein Black lives are free from
systematic dehumanization. Still, the movement’s measurable impact
on the political and legal landscape is undeniable. Collectively, since
2013, these organizers have effected significant change locally and
nationally, including the ousting of high-profile corrupt prosecutors. In
Chicago, the labor of groups such as BYP100 and Assata’s Daughters,
among others, led Anita Alvarez — who had inexplicably failed to charge
charge police officers who shot at least 68 people to death — to lose
her re-election bid for Cook County prosecutor. And in Florida, groups
like The Dream Defenders and others helped end Angela Corey’s reign
as a state attorney. Corey remains infamous for failing to convict
Trayvon Martin’s killer George Zimmerman while prosecuting Marissa
Alexander, a Black woman who didn’t hurt anyone when firing a
warning shot at her abusive ex-husband. The BLM movement’s work
certainly doesn’t stop there. It lives on in the actions of us all!
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How Black Lives Matter Changed the Way Americans Fight for Freedom?