To the Point
Does Black Lives Matter have staying power?
"Black Lives Matter" was a phrase used on Facebook after the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. Then it became a hashtag that's become a nationwide network using social media, making race an unavoidable topic of conversation in the last days of the Obama Administration.
By Warren Olney • • 31m Listen"Black Lives Matter" was a phrase used on Facebook after the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. Then it became a hashtag that's become a nationwide network using social media, making race an unavoidable topic of conversation in the last days of the Obama Administration. Protesters show up on TV news: denouncing police shootings, interrupting speakers, and blocking streets and highways. There's still no particular leader, but now the network is one of 60 black-led organizations formally demanding specific changes in public policy. Some claim it's indirectly responsible for the killings of police. Others call it the latest phase in the civil rights movement.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Paul von Zielbauer
Co-founder of Geezer magazine, former producer for To the Point and Which Way LA?; former reporter for the New York Times
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Wesley Lowery
correspondent for "60 IN 6"
Janaé Bonsu
Black Youth Project 100
Michael Kazin
Georgetown University
The full episode
2 of 3Will the Black Lives Matter movement force political change?- 1:54Trump rolls out his economic plan in Detroit
- 8:52Does Black Lives Matter have staying power?You’re reading this
- 45:15NBC leaves many frustrated with lackluster Olympics coverage