Black Lives Matter is a loose-knit African American civil ri…
Black Lives Matter is a loose-knit African American civil rights interest group that came to life through the use of the social media hashtag (#blacklivesmatter) after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, an Orlando, Florida–area neighborhood watch volunteer, in the shooting death of a Black teenager, Trayvon Martin. Despite its Internet origins, people associated with the group often engaged in the oldest form of going public in trying to bring attention to racism and the killing of young Black men. This form was