Knowra Patrisse Cullors Patrisse Cullors Patrisse Cullors is an American artist and activist who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement. Her work connects racial justice organizing with performance, visual art, and public storytelling.
Alicia Garza : Alicia Garza is an American activist who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement. Garza joined Cullors and Opal Tometi in founding the movement.
Los Angeles : Los Angeles is a major city in Southern California and the seat of Los Angeles County. Cullors grew up in Los Angeles, where local policing shaped her activism.
Performance art : Performance art is art in which actions, bodies, or events constitute the artwork. Cullors uses performance to examine identity, violence, and collective memory.
#BlackLivesMatter : #BlackLivesMatter is a hashtag used to express and organize opposition to anti-Black violence. Cullors helped create the phrase’s organizing network after the 2013 acquittal of George Zimmerman.
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation controversy : The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation controversy concerns scrutiny of the nonprofit’s finances, governance, and leadership. Scrutiny intensified after Cullors resigned as executive director and the foundation’s spending drew attention.
Opal Tometi : Opal Tometi is a Nigerian-American writer and activist who co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement. Tometi helped build the movement alongside Cullors and Garza.
Dignity and Power Now : Dignity and Power Now is a Los Angeles organization campaigning for the rights of incarcerated people and their families. Cullors founded this organization to address jail conditions and police violence.
Visual art : Visual art is creative work primarily experienced through sight, including painting, sculpture, and installation. Her visual practice extends activist themes beyond rallies and organizations.
George Zimmerman : George Zimmerman is a Florida resident acquitted in 2013 of charges arising from the killing of Trayvon Martin. His acquittal prompted Cullors, Garza, and Tometi to build the Black Lives Matter movement.
Nonprofit organization : A nonprofit organization is an entity organized around a mission rather than distributing profits to owners. The foundation’s nonprofit structure shaped disputes over accountability and public expectations.
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