Frustration Lies Behind 'Black Lives Matter'

Increasingly, when there are protests against U.S. racial injustice, like in Ferguson, Missouri, and at political rallies like the one for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders that was halted in Seattle on Saturday, they are associated with the group Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is a young grass-roots activist movement that began in July 2013 after the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. The movement...

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