The Untold Story Behind “Black Lives Matter”
3 min readJun 4, 2020
To call the “Black Lives Matter” movement a fight towards equality and non-segregation is to ignore the injustices that happen each and every day to millions of black Americans, particularly in low-income communities.
When black children are shot dead in the streets of Chicago, where are we? Are we raising our fists up in the air and protesting our way around 5th avenue? Are we defending the lives of millions of men, women, and children who have lost their lives due to violence? The unapologetic American citizen has quickly turned the “Black Lives…