Black Lives Matter Movement Analysis

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A young African American motorist is pulled over and arrested by a white California Highway Patrolman, Lee W. Minikus, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated (usg.edu). The arrest becomes intense as onlookers gather at the scene of the arrest. Strained tensions erupt between the crowd and the police officers. A massive uprising breaks out. No, this is not 2015 or even 2016. This is August 1965.This was the description of the genesis of the massive uprising in the Watts, California Black urban community. The repetitive patterns of civil disobedience in the African American community has displayed itself an insurmountable number of times since slavery. The African American community has always responded through social activism to defend their civil rights. A historical comparison of how the African American community through activism has responded to this type of civil disobedience in the past and present will be examine. Currently, most are familiar with technically savvy grassroots movements of Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM) activism for response to this type of civil disobedience that has been associated with structural inequality and historical wrongs (Harvard.edu). In the 1960s, one of the most notable activist organizations to respond to structural inequalities and historical wrongs was the Black Panther Party (BPP) …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. So, as it can be deducted, that the landscape was volatile and seemed hopeless. There were several and various issues happening simultaneously. Prior to all of these events many violent conflicts against the African American community predicted the coming of these