Alicia Garza on the Meaning of Black Lives Matter

What is the meaning of Black Lives Matter? Alicia Garza breaks it down: See video: “Our movement is grounded in love. Less than 1% of all officers who involved in officer-related shootings...

Livestream: Dr. Marc Lamont Hill Joins NYU’s Black Lives Matter Seminar

Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, Distinguished Professor of African American Studies at Morehouse...

We Gon’ Be Alright: The Black Lives Matter Movement

We Gon’ Be Alright: The Black Lives Matter Movement New York University...

Frank Leon Roberts: “5 Ways of Looking at The Black Lives Matter Movement”

BLM Professor Frank Leon Roberts discusses “5 Ways of Understanding the Black...

Voices from the Movement: Umi Selah on the Why This Moment Matters

In 2013, Umi Selah (previously known as Phillip Agnew) co-founded The Dream...

9/29 What Do “They”Want? Approaching The Policy Demands of BLM
By Frank Leon Roberts on September 29, 2016
9/29 What Do “They”Want? Approaching The Policy Demands of BLM Contrary to what mainstream media would have us believe, black lives matter has always been...
Notes from Our Session with Marc Lamont Hill (Inside)
By Frank Leon Roberts on September 26, 2016
In last Thursday’s class, we discussed this reading material and was joined by Dr. Marc Lamont Hill. To follow along with the student notes for...
[9/22 Class] Shut It Down: Black Lives Matter and the Ethics of Disruptive Protest (Or, What We Can Learn from Mizzou and Colin Kaepernick)
By Frank Leon Roberts on September 22, 2016
9/22 Shut It Down: Black Lives Matter and the Ethics of Disruptive Protest (Or, What We Can Learn from Mizzou and Colin Kaepernick) This week’s session...
Video Clip: Deray McKesson joins NYU’s Black Lives Matter Seminar
By Frank Leon Roberts on September 20, 2016
On September 12th, Campaign Zero co-founder and former Baltimore mayoral candidate Deray McKesson dropped into NYU’s Fall 2016 Black Lives Matter seminar. McKesson engaged students...
Video Clip: Alicia Garza Joins NYU’s Black Lives Matter Seminar
By Frank Leon Roberts on September 20, 2016
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza dropped into NYU’s Black Lives Matter seminar (via skype) to discuss the past, present, and future of the movement....