#BlackLivesMatter: Alicia Garza on the Origins of a Movement

Black Lives Matter.

This simple phrase has become the motto of a growing movement calling for true justice and equality for black people. Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, first typed out those three words back in 2013.

In March of 2015, Alicia Garza visited the University of Southern Maine to tell the story of how Black Lives Matter came to be, and express her hopes for where it’s headed. We hear her speech.

 

Special thanks to E.B.Leonard with Maine X Change.

 

Featuring:   

 

• Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder
• Cephus Johnson, uncle of Oscar Grant
• Grace Anderson, protestor