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  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM

White male failure is on full display

Only white men could make war plans—and then leak them in a group chat John, Only white men could make war plans—and then leak them in a group chat. No, seriously… A new report from The Atlantic exposed Trump’s inner circle of ex-military guys, media cronies, and far-right…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM

re: the Department of Education

This jeopardizes Title I funding for predominantly Black schools, civil rights investigations, and support for HBCUs and Pell Grants. ICYMI: Donald Trump just signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. This jeopardizes Title I funding for predomin…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM

A loooong fight

John, This Women’s History Month, we’re looking back at the fight for women’s rights throughout history. And let us tell you, it’s been a loooong fight. 😮‍💨 Women and femmes have been denied basic rights for most of history. Every gain has been a battle, and nothing comes eas…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM

Trump just declared war on Black Education

John, yesterday, Trump signed an Executive Order to dismantle the Department of Education (DOE) — effectively declaring war on Black children. This is more bullsh*t from him and his band of petty tyrants — but our resistance is stronger. In a moment, we’ll ask you to chip in…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM

An update on Black Lives Matter Plaza

It’s gone, they tore apart Black Lives Matter Plaza. John, Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC is being destroyed. The beginning of the end, the destruction zone of BLM plaza. It lasted less than 5 years before they came in with jackhammers and began to destroy the …
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM

Paradise on Hulu 😮

John, that finale though…. That was cinema!! Every second had us on the edge of our seats. Just when we thought it couldn’t get any crazier, Paradise’s characters proved us wrong. All that over a Wii?? And don’t even get us started on the cheese fries… The twists, the turns…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM

A heinous act

John, Over the weekend, Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, a law written when Black people were still enslaved, to kidnap and disappear people. This could include asylum seekers, legal residents, or even U.S. citizens. Trump used this law so that the government coul…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM

💎💎💎

Let’s take a look at the history of grills in pop culture, fashion, and music. Now more than ever, Black culture is under attack in the United States. Trump and his band of petty tyrants want to erase Black history, ban books, and erase Black people from the fabric of Ame…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Pardoning Derek Chauvin???

John, Ben Shapiro and the Daily Wire are launching a campaign asking Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin. You know, the former police officer who murdered George Floyd in Minneapolis in cold blood. We know that the conservatives are showing their true colors with Trump in power aga…
  Angela Angel, Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM

Bloody Sunday

Hey John, my name is Angela, and I’m a Senior Advisor at Black Lives Matter. This past Sunday marked the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Other Black Lives Matter team members and I marched in Selma to honor this historic day. On March 7, 1965, 600 Black people walked across …
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM

ICE just kidnapped an innocent man

This can’t wait. This can’t wait, John. We need all of us to take action today! Here’s the situation: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents kidnapped Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University, and detained him under the guise of stude…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM

SIGN ON: Support the Department of Education

By going after the DOE, Trump is threatening programs that ensure Black students have access to quality education. John, you’ve probably heard that Donald Trump wants to eliminate the Department of Education. (DOE) Who knows if he’ll end up following through with it, but we ne…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM

Act now: thank Rep. Al Green for standing up to Trump and authoritarianism

Voting to censure Rep. Al Green is another vote for America’s slow descent into fascism and authoritarianism under Trump. This is truly disgusting behavior, John. Far too many Democrats want to act like they are better than Trump, but when the going gets tough, they fall in l…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Trump just said…what??

Ummm yeah, so that happened…. John, we hope you didn’t watch last night's Trump speech. We’ve summarized some of the worst moments to save you the time: He said that immigrants have “destroyed” towns like Aurora, Colorado, and Springfield, Ohio He used his derisive "Poc…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Black Lives Matter— yesterday, today, tomorrow, and always.

This is another push by the Trump administration to erase Black and Brown people from the cultural fabric of America. John, it’s no secret what “make America great again” means and has always meant. It means ensuring that all signs of equity, equality, and diversity are erased…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
March 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM

Happy Birthday, Elaine Brown!

We’re taking a moment to celebrate the living legend Elaine Brown! John, far too many Black radical leaders are taken from us too early. That’s why it’s difficult to put into words just how special it is to be able to celebrate the birthday of living legend Elaine Brown! El…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM

Liberated Bunch: Patrice Lumumba 🇨🇩

This Black Futures Month, invest in the future of Black liberation. Black Lives Matter is dedicated to ending state-sanctioned violence, liberating Black people, and ending white supremacy forever. Donate anything you can today to help support our global future of Black…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM

Claudia Jones: Planting the seeds for Notting Hill Carnival

Resistance also means creating spaces of joy and safety. This Black Futures Month, invest in the future of Black liberation. Black Lives Matter is dedicated to ending state-sanctioned violence, liberating Black people, and ending white supremacy forever. Donate anything…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM

WE NEED YOUR HELP BY 6 PM EST: The House is about to vote on a disastrous budget

The House is voting on a Trump-approved budget at 6 PM EST TODAY that has $2 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade that will directly and negatively impact Black communities. CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE NOW This can't wait, John. We’re going to keep this short bec…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Why the U.S. Fears South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters

John, Right now, you might be hearing a lot about South Africa and the so-called “oppression” of a small minority (a.k.a. white South Africans). But what’s really happening is a fight for economic justice—one that the U.S. government and Western corporations don’t want you to …
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Incompetence

Trump and Elon Musk are singlehandedly destroying the government and thousands of people’s lives. John, it’s not an exaggeration to say that Trump and Elon are taking a wrecking ball to the Federal Government. Through DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) Trump and El…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM

Kwame Nkrumah: The Architect of African Liberation

Black futures aren’t just imagined, they’re built. This Black Futures Month, invest in the future of Black liberation. Black Lives Matter is dedicated to ending state-sanctioned violence, liberating Black people, and ending white supremacy forever. Donate anything you c…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM

We wouldn’t have Renaissance without Frankie Knuckles 🪩

We gotta make sure you know the real deal on House music. This Black Futures Month, invest in the future of Black liberation. Black Lives Matter is dedicated to ending state-sanctioned violence, liberating Black people, and ending white supremacy forever. Donate anythin…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM

“I am inspired by Black people and Mexican people, my two peoples.”

This Black Futures Month, invest in the future of Black liberation. Black Lives Matter is dedicated to ending state-sanctioned violence, liberating Black people, and ending white supremacy forever. Donate anything you can today to help support our global future of Black …
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM

The legacy of radical Black struggle we inherit from Brother Huey

Help us support the legacy of Dr. Huey P. Newton. Today is Dr. Huey P. Newton’s birthday. As a revolutionary co-founder of the Black Panther Party, we celebrate Dr. Huey P. Newton’s legacy today and every day. Can you help uplift and preserve Dr. Newton’s living legacy b…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM

🗺️🗺️🗺️

Help us map our global Blackness. John, if you haven’t yet please submit your answer to our important question: How does your Blackness thrive where you are, and what does being part of a global Black future mean to you? SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER Your answer will populate our Blac…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Our collective future

John, Sometimes we forget that we are among the first generations of Black people who were not born into legal slavery or segregation. For centuries, Black communities have been enslaved, displaced, and restricted, but also resistant, self-determined, and visionary. The pr…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM

To the MAGA girlies

This is a last grasp at power. John, America is changing and that is scaring the living h*ll out of a lot of white people who want things to stay the same (or are even trying to drag us backward). 2045 is the year that white people become the minority in the U.S. White pe…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM

MUSTARDDDDDDD

Black excellence at the Grammy Awards was on full display. John, watching the Grammy Awards and not being disappointed??? Who would’ve thought? This was literally us watching Doechii, Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Muni Long, SZA, Alicia Keys, Lucky Daye, and more sweep their catego…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM

What does being part of a global Black future mean to you?

Help us map our global Blackness. Blackness is global, John. We know this seems like common-sense, but too many times it’s easy to forget this and get caught up in our own bubbles. This Black Futures Month we’re widening our lens, with intention, to the greater diaspora. Black…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM

“Competent white men must be in charge”

This is disgusting. John, What does being a racist, bigoted, white nationalist get you if you’re a white man named Darren Beattie? Under Trump’s “leadership,” it gets you a top State Department job as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. You can bet Beattie and Tru…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
February 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM

Octavia Butler

We’re taking today to honor this legendary author. “The child in each of usKnows paradise.Paradise is home.Home as it wasOr home as it should have been.Paradise is one's own place,One's own people,One's own world,Knowing and known,Perhaps evenLoving and loved.Yet every childI…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM

The first Free Breakfast program

The legacy of this program withstands the test of time. Trump and the far-right are about to step into power for the next four years. Abolitionist organizations like Black Lives Matter are going to be under attack by this administration. They want to silence us and stop ou…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM

We’ll keep this short

We’re eternally grateful for your grassroots support. Rush a donation of any amount to help us reach our $15,000 goal → John, we’re only 46% of the way to our $15,000 goal and we only have 1 day left to make up the difference. Well, why should you care? That’s a very real …
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM

Target’s unacceptable decision deserves this response

Resisting the anti-DEI dictates of the Trump administration John, Did you know that Target has decided to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, investments, and initiatives? They’ve officially bowed down to the anti-DEI dictates of the Trump Administration. Thi…
  Team Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM

We don’t take this lightly

We’re eternally grateful for your grassroots support. First things first, John: Thank you for your continued support—it means the world. We *truly* could not do what we do without everyday people like you supporting us in the fight for Black liberation. That’s why we don’t tak…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM

Slavery is alive and well today

The history of contracting out prisoners to private companies is not only inhumane but it is slavery by another name. John, we cannot have Black liberation without prison abolition—period. We’ve been told that prison abolition is science fiction, but it’s a must for our collec…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM

Fascism in real-time

This is unforgivable. John, Trump’s inauguration was yesterday and yes, Elon Musk seriously made a Nazi salute not once, but twice. Musk, Trump, and many more will try and downplay this, but we won’t be gaslit. The connection between Trump and fascism couldn’t be clearer. …
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM

January 20

On the inter-related structure of reality “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, & you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be…This is the inter-related struct…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM

The first Free Breakfast program

The legacy of this program withstands the test of time. Trump and the far-right are about to step into power for the next four years. Abolitionist organizations like Black Lives Matter are going to be under attack by this administration. They want to silence us and stop ou…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM

Saturday mornings in Florida

John, we just have to uplift this story. In Tallahassee, FL, Charlene Farrington and her staff gather groups of teenagers on Saturday mornings to teach them lessons she worries that public schools won’t provide. Far too often school education doesn’t dive into nearly enough…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM

6 days

John, we’re less than a week away from Trump’s inauguration ceremony on January 20th. We can’t believe it either… We know you may be feeling a mix of emotions—it’s still a lot to sort through. But as we look towards the future these are our guiding principles: If we’re ser…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM

The wildfires in LA

John, what’s happening in Los Angeles is heartbreaking. We’re seeing the devastating impact of the wildfires on innocent people, communities, and wildlife. To folks in LA, we see you and hope that you’re safe, your loved ones are safe, and that if you must evacuate you can do …
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM

What does “protest” look like

We demand better, for Black lives and accountability. John, Four years ago today, white supremacists attempted a violent coup. That coup was based in fear, stoked by members of Congress inside the building being attacked. Donald Trump essentially begged for that insurrectio…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM

One last push

John, There are only a few stickers left, did you get yours yet? If you haven’t yet, make sure that you get your limited edition sticker now by donating $5 or more monthly >>> DONATE $5 MONTHLY Start the new year off right by taking advantage of this fun way to s…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
January 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM

In the words of Ta-Nehisi Coates

John, Many of us hoped for and fought for a different 2025. One with a different president, with different priorities, with a different view of what “progress” really means. We have not, and will not, be defined by that definition of progress. We have always, and will always…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
December 31, 2024 at 7:04 PM

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John, We know you didn’t forget, but just in case you did, we’re giving away free stickers now if you commit to a $5 or more recurring donation before the end of the year >> DONATE $5 MONTHLY These stickers are a great way to show your support of Black Lives Matter an…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
December 27, 2024 at 2:35 PM

Trust, you don’t want to miss out on this sticker 👀

John, you are what keeps this movement going. We say this repeatedly, but it’s because we don’t ever want you to forget it. This is a people-powered movement, and we depend on folks from across the country and the globe to continue our work for Black liberation. That’s why, i…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
December 24, 2024 at 7:34 PM

NEW: Dozens of lives saved

We demand more from President Biden before his term is up. John, President Biden just commuted the death penalty sentences for 37 out of 40 people on federal death row. We’re grateful to the Biden administration for this act of humanity — and even more grateful to supporters…
  Black Lives Matter · [email protected]
December 23, 2024 at 3:48 PM

2024 Wrapped

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