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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record AUTHOR Kallen, Stuart A., 1955-. TITLE Black lives matter : grassroots movement to global phenomenon [electronic resource] / Stuart A. Kallen. IMPRINT San Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, 2021. DESCRIPTION 1 online resource (64 p.) : col. ill. SERIES Being black in America. SERIES Gale eBooks. NOTE Includes bibliographical references and index. CONTENT NOTE chapter one. #BlackLivesMatter -- chapter two. A force to be reckoned with -- chapter three. Making demands -- chapter four. Speaking truth, changing minds. SUMMARY This book looks at the origins of Black Lives Matter, a grassroots movement that was born when in 2013 a Florida jury rendered a not guilty verdict in the shooting death of an unarmed Black teen. Since then, in the wake of police killings of unarmed Black men and women, Black Lives Matter is a force to be reckoned with on the national and world stage. SUBJECT African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 21st century. SUBJECT African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century. SUBJECT Black lives matter movement -- Influence. SUBJECT Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States. SUBJECT Racism -- United States. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. DISCIPLINE Internet Resources. DISCIPLINE Liberal Studies. LINK Available via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access (Password can be acquired from eClass public announcement) ISBN 9781678200251 (ebk.). Location Call Number Status World Wide Web 305.896 KAL ebook Internet 網上資源