#BlackLivesMatter
- Abi Ola
- May 31, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 29, 2020
Meet the women behind the revolutionary hashtag: Opal Tometi, Alicia Garza and Patrisse Khan-Cullors.
They first tweeted #BlackLivesMatter in 2012 to spark a conversation after the death of Trayvon Martin and to shine light on underreported incidents of police brutality against black people.
Years later, their hashtag has become a movement.
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