Author: Patrisse Cullors

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Black Lives Matter was born out of our unwavering love for black people and our undeniable rage over a system that has historically dehumanized black people.

Black Lives Matter was born out of our unwavering love for black people and our undeniable rage over a system that has historically dehumanized black people.

- Patrisse Cullors

#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.

#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.

- Patrisse Cullors

We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.

We can feel sad, hurt, demoralized. But we can't give up.

- Patrisse Cullors

Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom.

Black Lives Matter is one iteration of a much larger struggle to fight for black people's freedom.

- Patrisse Cullors

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

- Patrisse Cullors

The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material wealth.

The brutal history of colonialism is one in which white people literally stole land and people for their own gain and material wealth.

- Patrisse Cullors

I developed 'Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied' while I was an Artist in Residence at Kalamazoo College.

I developed 'Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied' while I was an Artist in Residence at Kalamazoo College.

- Patrisse Cullors

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