black lives matter

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black lives matter¹

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Originally used in the form of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media (2013), protesting against the deaths of African Americans at the hands of the police.

phrase Black lives matter

  1. A rallying call and statement of protest, concerning police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people. The ADL’s work covers the usual left-wing causes célèbres: fighting voting integrity measures, pushing for open-borders policies and amnesty for illegal aliens, and vigorously defending the Black Lives Matter riots, to name a few.

    Similar: BLM

Black lives matter²

phrase

  1. alternative Alternative form of black lives matter

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phrase statement of protest

Españollas vidas negras importan
한국어흑인의 생명은 소중하다 heugin-ui saengmyeong-eun sojunghada
中文黑人的命也是命 hēirén de mìng yěshì mìng, 黑人的命很重要 hēirén de mìng hěn zhòngyào, 黑命貴 /黑命贵 hēimìngguì
Portuguêsvidas negras importam
Françaisles vies noires comptent
Deutschschwarze Leben zählen
Русскийжи́зни черноко́жих име́ют значе́ние žízni černokóžix iméjut značénije, жи́зни чёрных важны́ žízni čórnyx važný
العربيةحَيَاةُ السُّودِ مُهِمَّة ḥayātu as-sūdi muhimma

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"black lives matter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/black%20lives%20matter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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black lives matter. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/black%20lives%20matter

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"black lives matter." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/black%20lives%20matter.

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@misc{black_lives_matter_2026,
  title = {black lives matter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/black%20lives%20matter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}