Edited by Azizi Powell
This post provides information about the Black Lives Matter movement and showcases the song "Black Lives Matter" by Sounds Of Blackness. My partial transcription of that song's lyrics is also included in this post.
The Addendum to this post features an excerpt from a dailykos article about the Black Lives Matter movement going global.
The content of this post is presented for historical, sociological, cultural and motivational purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to the composer of the Sounds Of Blackness' song "Black Lives Matter song and thanks to all those who are associated with that song's performance. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the producer of this video on YouTube.
Black Lives (Also) Matter!
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter
"Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an activist movement, originating in the African-American community, that campaigns against violence toward black people. BLM regularly organizes protests around the deaths of black people in killings by law enforcement officers, and broader issues of racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.
In 2013, the movement began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media, after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin. Black Lives Matter became nationally recognized for its street demonstrations following the 2014 deaths of two African Americans: Michael Brown, resulting in protests and unrest in Ferguson, and Eric Garner in New York City.[1][2]
Since the Ferguson protests, participants in the movement have demonstrated against the deaths of numerous other African Americans by police actions or while in police custody, including those of Tamir Rice, Eric Harris, Walter Scott, Jonathan Ferrell, Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose, and Freddie Gray, which led to protests and rioting in Baltimore. In the summer of 2015, Black Lives Matter began to publicly challenge politicians—including politicians in the 2016 United States presidential election—to state their positions on BLM issues. The overall Black Lives Matter movement, however, is a decentralized network and has no formal hierarchy or structure.[3]....
The U.S population's perception of the movement varies considerably by race. According to a September 2015 poll on race relations, nearly two-thirds of African Americans mostly agree with Black Lives Matter, while 42% of white Americans are unsure or do not have an opinion about Black Lives Matter.[12] Forty-one percent of white people thought Black Lives Matter advocated violence, 59% of whites thought Black Lives Matter distracted attention from the real issues of racial discrimination, and 46% of whites thought Black Lives Matter was a movement. By comparison, 82% of black people thought Black Lives Matter was a nonviolent movement, 26% of blacks thought Black Lives Matter distracted attention from the real issues of racial discrimination, and 67% of blacks thought Black Lives Matter was a movement.[12][13] A similar poll in June 2016 found that 65% of black American adults supported Black Lives Matter and 40% of white American adults support it. Fifty-nine percent of black Americans thought Black Lives Matter would "be effective, in the long run, in helping blacks achieve equality" and 34% of white Americans thought so.[14][15]"...
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SHOWCASE VIDEO: BLACK LIVES MATTER - No Justice No Peace
Atomic K Records & Productions Published on Jun 29, 2015
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bla....
Hot single by the Grammy Award Winning Sounds of Blackness. A new anthem for racial equality and hope for unity and peace for all.
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The lead vocalist is Yulanda.
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LYRICS - BLACK LIVES MATTER - No Justice No Peace*
(as sung by Sounds Of Blackness)
The Lead singer's words are given in parenthesis
Priceless, and precious
Lead singer [LS]- Precious.
Important and essential.
Irreplaceable
(Yes!)
And ___???
(Mmm mmm
Yeah. Yeah Yeah.)
Yeah!
Oh wee Oh wee Oh wee Oh we Oh
Yeah!
Yeah!
(Sing it loud!)
Black lives matter
Black lives matter
(Sing it loud!)
Sing it proud!
Black lives matter
‘Cause all lives matter.
All lives matter.
Hands up. Don’t shoot.
I can’t breathe.
(I can’t breathe.)
No justice. No peace.
Hand in hand together we stand.
(Together we stand.)
Black lives matter.
(We have always mattered)
Throughout history.
We matter!
(Glorious African kingdoms
Before slavery.
Three hundred years like beast of burden.
The nation built on our back.)
We matter!
Many believed we were animals
Because our skin is black.
Even the constitution said we’re only 3/5th human.)
We matter!
(And that mentality is still a reality.
Police brutality
Harassment and discrimination,
Poverty, injustice
And add humiliation.
We declare
Black lives matter.
Black lives matter.
(Everywhere.)
Black lives matter
‘Cause all lives matter.
(Hands up!)
Hand up. Don’t shoot.
I can’t breathe.
(I can’t breathe.)
No justice. No peace.
(No peace.)
Hand in hand together we stand.
(Together we stand.)
Black lives matter.
group and lead singer scatting
(Black lives matter because we’re equal
In the human family.)
We matter!
(We gave this nation and the world soul and humanity.
We matter ‘cause helps and inspire)
We matter!
(All people everywhere reach higher and higher!
We matter ‘cause we are God’s children.
We matter!
(Beautiful to behold.
We are far more precious
Than diamonds, silver, and gold.
One of a kind. We’re second to none
Our value and our worth
Just as great as anyone
Anywhere on earth!
We proclaim
Black lives matter.
Black lives matter.
(We’re not ashamed.)
Black lives matter
‘Cause all lives matter.
(Hands up!)
Hands up. Don’t shoot.
I can’t breathe.
(I can’t breathe.)
No justice. No peace.
(No peace.)
Hand in hand together we stand.
(Together we stand!
Black lives matter.)
Black lives matter.
(America’s got a lot of problems
But together we can solve it.
In Baltimore, Chicago, L.A.,
New York, Ferguson,
We need everyone.
Red, brown, yellow, black, and white
All precious in His sight.
Catholic, Protestant, and Jew,
Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu)
[lead singer scatting]
(Hey!)
Priceless, and precious
Lead singer [LS]- Precious.
Important and essential.
Irreplaceable
(Yes!)
And ___???
(Sing it loud!)
Black lives matter.
(Sing it proud!)
Black lives matter.
(Black lives matter)
Because all lives matter.
(All lives matter)
(Hands up!)
Hands up. Don’t shoot.
I can’t breathe.
(I can’t breathe.)
No justice. No peace.
(No peace.)
Hand in hand together we stand.
(Together we stand!
Black lives matter.)
Black lives matter.
(Hands up!)
Hands up. Don’t shoot.
I can’t breathe.
(I can’t breathe.)
No justice. No peace.
(No peace.)
Hand in hand together we stand.
(Together we stand!
Black lives matter.)
Black lives matter.
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Transcription by Azizi Powell from the video. Additions and corrections are welcome.
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ADDENDUM
From http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/7/17/1547785/-Why-Black-Lives-Matter-is-going-global "Why Black Lives Matter is going global" By Sher Watts Spooner, 2016/07/17
"The three-year-old Black Lives Matter movement has always been considered an American phenomenon. After all, no other country has the number of deaths by gun violence or the number of police shootings that we do in the United States.
But the movement has resonated in several countries across the world, both in solidarity with those who have been killed in the U.S. and as a force against anti-black racism worldwide.
The deaths of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Minnesota sparked protests across the United States. But those protests were echoed days later in demonstrations in London, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Multiracial crowds of protesters held signs printed with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter and chanted, "No justice, no peace." Black Lives Matter also has chapters in Canada, South Africa, and Ghana, although the official Black Lives Matter website lists only the Canadian chapter.”...
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-history-and-meaning-of-chant-no.html for the pancocojams post "The History And Meaning Of The Chant "No Justice, No Peace" ".
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Three Articles About Police Killed By A Black Man & Black Men Killed By Police
Edited by Azizi Powell
This post presents excerpts from three articles about five Dallas, Texas police officers being killed by a Black man and two Black men killed in two separate United States cities by White police officers within one week.
The content of this post is presented to highlight these articles, thus helping to increase the number of people who read their authors and commenters made.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. RIP all who have lost their lives this week.
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ARTICLE EXCERPTS
These articles are presented in the order that I read them.
Article Excerpt #1:
From https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/08/like-a-little-war-snipers-shoot-11-police-officers-during-dallas-protest-march-killing-five/ "Five Dallas police officers were killed by a lone attacker, authorities say" by Joel Achenbach, William Wan, Mark Berman and Moriah Balingit July 8 [2016]
"...Along with the five officers who died, seven others were wounded Thursday night when sniper fire from what turned out to be a lone gunman turned a peaceful protest over recent police shootings into a scene of chaos and terror.
The gunfire was followed by a standoff that lasted for hours when the attacker told authorities “he was upset about the recent police shootings” and “said he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,” according to Dallas Police Chief David Brown. The gunman was killed when police detonated a bomb-equipped robot.
After the bloodshed — the deadliest single day for law enforcement officers since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — authorities said they were investigating the shooting and would need several days to continue exploring the crime scene downtown. Officials said two civilians were also injured in the attack."....
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Article Excerpt #2:
From https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/07/08/dallas-and-american-contradictions/
"Dallas and American ‘contradictions’" by Alexandra Petri July 8 [2016]
"Some people on the Internet seem to be confused. “In the aftermath of twelve people being tragically shot for no reason in Dallas,” they wonder, “how will Black Lives Matter be able to continue being upset about people getting tragically shot for no reason in other places?”
“How will the Black Lives Matter movement square its criticism of police with this deadly shooting of five police officers?” It doesn’t seem hard. Its agenda is “people don’t deserve to be shot for no reason” and that the category of “people who don’t deserve to be shot for no reason” explicitly includes black people.
There’s no contradiction here.
Other people are busy being eloquent with grief and rage, but I can at least make some analogies to help explain why this line of thinking is bad. There is such a thing as constructive criticism.
It’s like if you said, “I want ice cream machines not to malfunction and kill people,” and then everyone said, “So, you hate ice cream machines?” No. You just want the ice cream machine to do its job, and not kill people. You are not opposed to what it is supposed to be doing, just to what it is actually doing. You are all for it doing what it is supposed to do! What it is supposed to do is great!....
A great deal of our self-esteem is dependent upon not fully seeing ourselves. But the first step, as they say, is admitting you have a problem. You don’t have to pretend that America was better than it was to insist that it can be better than it is. To point out that America has a problem with race, or that our police forces are not living up to the ideals we set for them is not to say you hate America or hate the police. You’re saying that you really like America as a concept, that the ideas that animate this country – free speech, free assembly, being created equal — are wonderful ideas and worthy of belief. You’re saying that we need to stop America from malfunctioning, so we can give it to our kids. Even if the malfunction has been there as long as we have, you’re saying there’s hope.
There is no contradiction in that, either."
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Article #3 [with comments from that article's readers]
From http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/07/08/1544709/-Let-s-be-consistent-Let-s-condemn-violence-against-cops-AND-violence-against-black-folks-STDDs-BLM "Let's be consistent! Let's condemn violence against cops AND violence against black folks #STDDs#BLM" by JoanMar
2016/07/08
"As a group, the members of Support the Dream Defenders reject terrorism and violence in any and every form, whether that murderous violence is police-on-citizens or citizens-on-police....
This. must. stop.
In this week (7 days from June 30 to July 7 — 10:30 PM ) alone, in addition to Alton and Philandro, police killed 23 other Americans!
Let’s repeat that:
American police killed 25 people in the last 7 days!"....
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"Alton" refers to Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man who was shot and killed by officers of the Baton Rouge Police Department on July 5, 2016. The shooting was captured on video and immediately ignited protests in various communities throughout the USA. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/us/alton-sterling-baton-rouge-shooting.html?_r=0
"Philandro" [name mispelled] is a referent for Philando Castile, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana Black man who was shot and killed on July 7, 2016 after the police pulled him over for a traffic violation. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/07/07/485078670/two-days-two-deaths-the-police-shootings-of-alton-sterling-and-philando-castile [Also, read another referent to the shooting death of Philando Castile below.]
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Selected comments from this article
BlkProphet79 [in response to JoanMar's article] Jul 08
"Ultimately, I recognize you are correct in your calls for consistency. On the surface, I know that. My heartfelt apologies for lashing out. The last couple of days have been harrowing and at work, I’ve found myself as the defacto spokesperson for all the perceived ills of black America and it’s maddening. Such nonsense.
My issue is one of scale. I’ll keep it 100 with you. I find it incredibly difficult to condemn violence against cops AND violence against black folks equally...at least not right now. For me, it’s way to soon and the scales are nowhere near balanced.
You didn’t deserve that as your diaries clearly show you as an ally. Again, my apologies."
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Reply
JoanMar - BlkProphet79
"Your apology is accepted. I am not an ally, I am a black woman. Yes, I know, this has been a terrible week for all of us. I told group members backstage that I have not felt pain such as I felt this week since my daughter died last year. I was on the kitchen floor sobbing after I heard Diamond’s little 4-year-old daughter comforting her mom after she herself had just been through a horrendous experience.
I know what you are saying and I know how you feel. Cops on the beat will feel fear, but they volunteered for the job, and they know that anyone who dares to violate them will get punished to the full extent of the law...or worse. Cops are agents of the state with the power to kill. I saw grown black men crying on tv this week. Our menfolk know that they cannot protect themselves, cannot protect their wives and children from the police. As Charles Blow said, he has nowhere to run to protect himself and his family. No one but another black person knows the fear we feel for ourselves and our loved ones.
You are forgiven."
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"Diamond" is the fiancee of Philando Castile. Philando Castile was killed in his car while reaching for his wallet in response to a policeman asking to see his drivers' license. Diamond and their four year old daughter were also in the car at that time. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/appalled-minnesota-governor-says-philando-castile-would-be-alive-if-n605496
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Terre slipper Jul 09 [written in response to another commenter who wrote that Black Lives Matter protestors who chant "No Justice No Peace" means that the chanters support violence.]
"I don’t hear the phrase “No Justice No Peace” in the same way you do. What I hear is a shortened catch phrase that says to me “If there is no justice, there can be no peace.” The “no peace” does not mean violence.
Peaceful protests are a part of our history as a nation, and do serve a purpose. A protest is “a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.”"
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Terre Jul 09
Poster shown that reads:
"Yes. It’s possible. You can be
just as outraged
over the murder of Black people by cops
as you are at the murder of cops.
Don’t ask people to make a choice.
Life is life."
-Linda Sarsour
FB.com/wearethemedia 2016
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This post presents excerpts from three articles about five Dallas, Texas police officers being killed by a Black man and two Black men killed in two separate United States cities by White police officers within one week.
The content of this post is presented to highlight these articles, thus helping to increase the number of people who read their authors and commenters made.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. RIP all who have lost their lives this week.
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ARTICLE EXCERPTS
These articles are presented in the order that I read them.
Article Excerpt #1:
From https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/07/08/like-a-little-war-snipers-shoot-11-police-officers-during-dallas-protest-march-killing-five/ "Five Dallas police officers were killed by a lone attacker, authorities say" by Joel Achenbach, William Wan, Mark Berman and Moriah Balingit July 8 [2016]
"...Along with the five officers who died, seven others were wounded Thursday night when sniper fire from what turned out to be a lone gunman turned a peaceful protest over recent police shootings into a scene of chaos and terror.
The gunfire was followed by a standoff that lasted for hours when the attacker told authorities “he was upset about the recent police shootings” and “said he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers,” according to Dallas Police Chief David Brown. The gunman was killed when police detonated a bomb-equipped robot.
After the bloodshed — the deadliest single day for law enforcement officers since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks — authorities said they were investigating the shooting and would need several days to continue exploring the crime scene downtown. Officials said two civilians were also injured in the attack."....
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Article Excerpt #2:
From https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2016/07/08/dallas-and-american-contradictions/
"Dallas and American ‘contradictions’" by Alexandra Petri July 8 [2016]
"Some people on the Internet seem to be confused. “In the aftermath of twelve people being tragically shot for no reason in Dallas,” they wonder, “how will Black Lives Matter be able to continue being upset about people getting tragically shot for no reason in other places?”
“How will the Black Lives Matter movement square its criticism of police with this deadly shooting of five police officers?” It doesn’t seem hard. Its agenda is “people don’t deserve to be shot for no reason” and that the category of “people who don’t deserve to be shot for no reason” explicitly includes black people.
There’s no contradiction here.
Other people are busy being eloquent with grief and rage, but I can at least make some analogies to help explain why this line of thinking is bad. There is such a thing as constructive criticism.
It’s like if you said, “I want ice cream machines not to malfunction and kill people,” and then everyone said, “So, you hate ice cream machines?” No. You just want the ice cream machine to do its job, and not kill people. You are not opposed to what it is supposed to be doing, just to what it is actually doing. You are all for it doing what it is supposed to do! What it is supposed to do is great!....
A great deal of our self-esteem is dependent upon not fully seeing ourselves. But the first step, as they say, is admitting you have a problem. You don’t have to pretend that America was better than it was to insist that it can be better than it is. To point out that America has a problem with race, or that our police forces are not living up to the ideals we set for them is not to say you hate America or hate the police. You’re saying that you really like America as a concept, that the ideas that animate this country – free speech, free assembly, being created equal — are wonderful ideas and worthy of belief. You’re saying that we need to stop America from malfunctioning, so we can give it to our kids. Even if the malfunction has been there as long as we have, you’re saying there’s hope.
There is no contradiction in that, either."
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Article #3 [with comments from that article's readers]
From http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/07/08/1544709/-Let-s-be-consistent-Let-s-condemn-violence-against-cops-AND-violence-against-black-folks-STDDs-BLM "Let's be consistent! Let's condemn violence against cops AND violence against black folks #STDDs#BLM" by JoanMar
2016/07/08
"As a group, the members of Support the Dream Defenders reject terrorism and violence in any and every form, whether that murderous violence is police-on-citizens or citizens-on-police....
This. must. stop.
In this week (7 days from June 30 to July 7 — 10:30 PM ) alone, in addition to Alton and Philandro, police killed 23 other Americans!
Let’s repeat that:
American police killed 25 people in the last 7 days!"....
-snip-
"Alton" refers to Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man who was shot and killed by officers of the Baton Rouge Police Department on July 5, 2016. The shooting was captured on video and immediately ignited protests in various communities throughout the USA. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/us/alton-sterling-baton-rouge-shooting.html?_r=0
"Philandro" [name mispelled] is a referent for Philando Castile, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana Black man who was shot and killed on July 7, 2016 after the police pulled him over for a traffic violation. http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/07/07/485078670/two-days-two-deaths-the-police-shootings-of-alton-sterling-and-philando-castile [Also, read another referent to the shooting death of Philando Castile below.]
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Selected comments from this article
BlkProphet79 [in response to JoanMar's article] Jul 08
"Ultimately, I recognize you are correct in your calls for consistency. On the surface, I know that. My heartfelt apologies for lashing out. The last couple of days have been harrowing and at work, I’ve found myself as the defacto spokesperson for all the perceived ills of black America and it’s maddening. Such nonsense.
My issue is one of scale. I’ll keep it 100 with you. I find it incredibly difficult to condemn violence against cops AND violence against black folks equally...at least not right now. For me, it’s way to soon and the scales are nowhere near balanced.
You didn’t deserve that as your diaries clearly show you as an ally. Again, my apologies."
**
Reply
JoanMar - BlkProphet79
"Your apology is accepted. I am not an ally, I am a black woman. Yes, I know, this has been a terrible week for all of us. I told group members backstage that I have not felt pain such as I felt this week since my daughter died last year. I was on the kitchen floor sobbing after I heard Diamond’s little 4-year-old daughter comforting her mom after she herself had just been through a horrendous experience.
I know what you are saying and I know how you feel. Cops on the beat will feel fear, but they volunteered for the job, and they know that anyone who dares to violate them will get punished to the full extent of the law...or worse. Cops are agents of the state with the power to kill. I saw grown black men crying on tv this week. Our menfolk know that they cannot protect themselves, cannot protect their wives and children from the police. As Charles Blow said, he has nowhere to run to protect himself and his family. No one but another black person knows the fear we feel for ourselves and our loved ones.
You are forgiven."
-snip-
"Diamond" is the fiancee of Philando Castile. Philando Castile was killed in his car while reaching for his wallet in response to a policeman asking to see his drivers' license. Diamond and their four year old daughter were also in the car at that time. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/appalled-minnesota-governor-says-philando-castile-would-be-alive-if-n605496
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Terre slipper Jul 09 [written in response to another commenter who wrote that Black Lives Matter protestors who chant "No Justice No Peace" means that the chanters support violence.]
"I don’t hear the phrase “No Justice No Peace” in the same way you do. What I hear is a shortened catch phrase that says to me “If there is no justice, there can be no peace.” The “no peace” does not mean violence.
Peaceful protests are a part of our history as a nation, and do serve a purpose. A protest is “a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.”"
**
Terre Jul 09
Poster shown that reads:
"Yes. It’s possible. You can be
just as outraged
over the murder of Black people by cops
as you are at the murder of cops.
Don’t ask people to make a choice.
Life is life."
-Linda Sarsour
FB.com/wearethemedia 2016
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