Essays about Black Lives Matter

This 2019 marks the sixth year of #BlackLivesMatter, an online campaign which began against police killings of black people in the U.S. The movement started on Twitter in a year after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a police officer who shot dead an Afro-American teenager, Trayvon Martin, in 2012. Unfortunately, the rates of racism and…

I am very much aware of your unique and sometimes bizarre beliefs, especially when it comes to the #BlackLivesMatter movement. I have tried my best to veer you away from such thoughts and actions related to it, but it seems all my attempts have been in vain. I believe this letter I’ve written may help…

People in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have been cowering in fear in previous weeks following the adoption of a security policy that seeks to eliminate individuals the authorities consider ‘dangerous.’ The new policy—proposed by the Ministry of Justice and is in line with the guidelines of the federal government—caused the rise of…

Racism refers to the discrimination or the unfair treatment which is against someone or a group of people from a different race based on the notion that one’s own race is above the others. Racism has existed all round human history1. It is simply the hate or hatred rendered by a person to another. The…

Civil disobedience and non-violent protesting has been apart of human history for hundreds, if not thousands of years. People like Mahatma Gandhi have utilized civil disobedience and non-violent protesting to fight for Indian independence from British rule and for the rights of the Indian poor. Mahatma Gandhi called this “Satyagraha.” Satyagraha roughly translates to “truth…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr (A.K.A Michael King Jr) was a leader of civil rights and a minister of the gospel. An activist to the civil rights movement, hoping to create justice for all in America and all over the world. MLK was born on January 15th, 1929. Dr. King was the leader of many…

Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most well-known and accomplished sociativists in history. He was the leader of a passionate campaign to promote equal rights for all Americans(martin Luther King Jr. pg.1). In his fight for equal rights king believed in passive resistance he fought guns and bombs with words and ideas. King…

Racial tension and inequality in our justice system and society have grown over time. Trayvon Martin was a seventeen-year-old African american male, unarmed, and was shot and killed on February twenty sixth, twenty twelve by a “watchman” who was named, George Zimmerman who had also happened to be a white male. The recent unfortunate events…

The minority in communities has been associated with violence by the law enforcement in the United States for many decades. Police brutality has been seen as an issue for many years, and it will remain a major concern for those in the minority throughout communities. In history, racist violence, also known as police brutality, was…

Even though slavery was abolished once the civil war, black Americans still were being discriminated against. The Civil Rights Act, beyond any doubt, became a vital step in the moral direction for America. However, the movement didn’t prevent racism fully. Some people think the movement is irrelevant and just a part of history. Vulnerable minorities…