#BlackLivesMatter: Alicia Garza on the Origins of a Movement
Making Contact
English - September 17, 2015 23:57 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture Documentary news makingcontact politics publicmedia racialjustice socialjustice Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Black Lives Matter. This simple phrase has become the motto of a growing movement calling for true justice and equalty 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.
Featuring:
Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder
Cephus Johnson, uncle of Oscar Grant
Grace Anderson, protestor
Black Lives Matter. This simple phrase has become the motto of a growing movement calling for true justice and equalty 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.
Featuring:
Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter co-founder
Cephus Johnson, uncle of Oscar Grant
Grace Anderson, protestor