"Black Lives Matter" was a phrase used on Facebook after the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. Then it became a hashtag that's become a nationwide network using social media, making race an unavoidable topic of conversation in the last days of the Obama Administration. Protesters show up on TV news: denouncing police shootings, interrupting speakers, and blocking streets and highways. There's still no particular leader, but now the network is one of 60 black-led organizations formally demanding specific changes in public policy. Some claim it's indirectly responsible for the killings of police. Others call it the latest phase in the civil rights movement.
Does Black Lives Matter have staying power?
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Credits
Guests:
- Wesley Lowery - correspondent for "60 IN 6" - @WesleyLowery
- Janaé Bonsu - Black Youth Project 100 - @BYP_100
- Michael Kazin - Georgetown University
- Theodore Johnson - New America Foundation - @DrTedJ