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Black people. I love you. I love us. Our lives matter.

— Alicia Garza

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from a Facebook post described as "a love letter to black people" on the occasion of the acquittal of George Zimmerman in July 2013, quoted in The Matter of Black Lives, by Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker. This statement is considered to be the origin of the phrase "Black Lives Matter"

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Stop saying we are not surprised. That’s a damn shame in itself. I continue to be surprised at how little Black lives matter. And I will continue that. Stop giving up on black life.”

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Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Alicia Garza (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.