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Black Lives Matter

A resource to help reckon with our national legacy of systemic racism and the ways it impacts our community

Getting Started

This Black Lives Matter guide provides historical background, resources for teaching, support, and self-education, as well as links to organizations where you can get involved in making a difference. Use the tabs on the left to navigate through the different sections. This guide was originally developed in the summer of 2020 and then updated summer 2022 as a resource to help reckon with our national legacy of systemic racism and the numerous ways it impacts our community. 

We welcome your feedback and resource recommendations. We see this as a resource for the UMBC community and would love your input. Please leave us your recommendation or comments in this form: tinyurl.com/BLMrecommendations

Research about Black Lives Matter, Black Activism, and Social Justice

 

When researching the Black Lives Matter movement and black activism, the following search terms may be helpful:

  • Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter movement, BLM, #BLM, #Blacklivesmatter, Movement for Black Lives, M4BL
  • Black activism, blacktivism
  • Black power movement 
  • social justice, protest, activism 

 

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When researching the history of black activism, the following search terms may be helpful:

  • Black activism, blacktivism
  • Civil Rights movement, Black freedom struggle, Black power movement 
  • social justice, protest, activism 

 

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When researching social justice, take some time to brainstorm and think about what aspect of social justice you are interested in. Are you wanting to research a particular movement? Do you want to explore social justice theory and community activism from a historical or theoretical standpoint, or are you interested in practical hands on strategies for organizing and activism? Depending on your focus, you might want to try search terms such as:

  • Social justice theory, social justice, social justice movement, community activism
  • Activist, activism, protest, political change
  • Names of specific organizations or movements (i.e. Black Lives Matter, prison reform, etc.) 

 

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