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Current Topics: An Undergraduate Research Guide : Black Lives Matter Movement

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About the Black Lives Matter Movement

From the official website, Black Lives Matter is a movement "whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives."

Try searching these terms in different combinations using the resources linked on this page: black lives matter,  blacklivesmatter, policing AND racial disparities, "social media" AND "black lives matter", racial justice, social justice, black liberation, black feminism, race AND prison, race AND education, race AND employment

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