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American artist and activist
The analyses consistently identify as a grassroots movement founded in 2013 to confront anti-Black racism and police violence, expanding into a global anti-racism force by 2020 while pushing policy sh...
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Local chapters operate largely autonomously from the , and long‑running tensions have centered on money, transparency and who gets to set strategy; those escalated into public breakaways, lawsuits and...
Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi have publicly denied criminal wrongdoing while the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation and its leadership have faced intensified scrutiny from ...
Public claims center on large sums raised by Black Lives Matter affiliates in 2020 and on allegations that BLM Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) routed millions to associates of co-founder Patrisse C...
Since 2016 criticisms of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) have clustered around financial transparency and governance, disputes between the national network and local chapters...
has repeatedly denied personal enrichment from donations and BLM has stated she was paid $120,000 total for duties such as spokesperson and political education — with no compensation after 2019 — whil...
(a coalition of local chapters led by ) the (BLM GNF) and its board member in September 2022, alleging misappropriation of funds, takeover of assets and social-media accounts, and breach of a promised...
Black Lives Matter coalesced from a specific legal verdict and a lineage of police killings and organizing: the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin sparked a viral has...