2020 BLM Summer Protests
The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others have set off a chain of protests across the country. At least 100 law enforcement agencies had used tear gas on protestors as of June 18 according to an analysis by the New York Times (Lai et. al). By June 4, protests had occurred in all 50 states. Protests have occurred all around the world in countries like Britain, France, Japan, and countless others as well.
Protests in the United States:
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- The New York Times Gallery 1
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Protests Around the World:
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Tracking the Protests
Read analysis about the protests:
"‘The United States is in crisis’: Report tracks thousands of summer protests, most nonviolent" (The Washington Post) |
Learn about how the Black Lives Matter protests have endured (and grown) in "Black Lives Matter Grows as Movement While Facing New Challenges" (The New York Times)
Learn about the ongoing protests for Breonna Taylor in Louisville: Protests Continue Daily in Louisville. Here’s a Look at 45 Days of Marches (The New York Times) Learn about the "Wall of Moms" in Portland, Oregon here. |
Wall of Moms
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Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks (March on Washington 2020)
Fifty-seven years after the March on Washington, thousands of Americans marched to protest police brutality and call for racial justice. This march was organized by Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network (McNamara). Speakers included Trayvon Martin's mother, George Floyd's brother and sister, Breonna Taylor's mother, Jacob Blake's father, Martin Luther King III, and more. In addition to calling for social justice, speakers urged demonstrators to vote and fill out the census. Speakers also demanded that the Senate pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 (Hanna, Jason, and Harmeet Kaur).
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Protestors outside of the Lincoln Memorial
Credit: CNN |
Consequences of the Protests
- Mental health consequences (The Washington Post)
- Removal of confederate statues/memorials across America Confederate statues are coming down following George Floyd's death. Here's what we know (CNN)
- Learn about the movement to capitalize "Black": "Why hundreds of American newsrooms have started capitalizing the ‘b’ in ‘Black’" (The Washington Post)
- Learn about what action businesses have taken: Retail Professionals and Customers Agree: Retailers Should Take Concrete Action Against Systemic Racism (Retail Brew)
Click here to see a single post on what the protests have accomplished or look at the series of posts below