The Black lives matter movement

By Peggy J. Parks

Subjects: African Americans -- Civil rights, United States -- Race relations, African Americans, Racial profiling in law enforcement - -- United States, Racial profiling in law enforcement -, Black lives matter movement, Civil rights, Race relations

Description: Black Lives Matter was born in July 2013 after a jury exonerated the killer of an unarmed black youth named Trayvon Martin. Since that time it has become known as a formidable, often controversial, civil rights movement that seeks equality and fair treatment of black citizens by law enforcement and by society as a whole.