Charles Woodson Quotes

Black lives do matter, and our lives do hold value.

I think #BlackLivesMatter is a huge campaign that is important and integral to our advancement as a people.

We actually know that all lives do matter. And we believe it is so much so that we had to create Black Lives Matter.

We want Black power.

In 2013, I helped create a black-centered political will- and movement-building project called #BlackLivesMatter.

For me, it's clear Beyonce sees herself as a part of the movement for black lives and believes that black lives matter - and ultimately, that's what matters.

We will not stop fighting until every single black life is provided the type of love and support we so desperately deserve.

We've said from the very beginning Black Lives Matter is a network and also, as a broad set of individuals, is an organization moving to transform the way our society values black lives. It's not an 'Internet movement.'

The Black Lives Matter movement has spawned all kinds of activism.

You know I think with Black Lives Matter, it is extremely special and important. I definitely feel that.

We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.

I think Black Lives Matter is a necessary, modern group of activism and should be applauded. I encourage them to continue in their efforts.

It's true, black lives do matter. It's not that we're saying no other lives matter.

Black people, we are fully deserving of the room and space to fully express our humanity. This is what Black Lives Matter is truly about.

I was in awe of previous black liberation struggle leaders - Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells. I wanted to be part of something bigger than myself. Black Lives Matter has been that.

Whether or not you call it Black Lives Matter, whether or not you put a hashtag in front of it, whether or not you call it the Movement for Black Lives, all of that is irrelevant. Because there was resistance before Black Lives Matter, and there will be resistance after Black Lives Matter.

When people of color and their allies say today that Black Lives Matter, the nation must hear and see it through the lens of all that has come before and understand that they speak truth.

With the Black Lives Matter movement, a lot of the focus is on the protest and dissent. I'm hoping to dismantle the public notion - for folks outside of the community - of what Black Lives Matter means. It's really about saying that black lives matter: that humanity is the same when you go inside people's homes.

I was in the Black Power movement. I feel as energized about Black Lives Matter. I don't feel in any way separated from Black Lives Matter. I do believe we are hand and glove. I am the legislative tool.

For us, #BlackLivesMatter is really a re-humanization project. It's a way for us to love each other again, to love ourselves, and to project that love into the world so that we can transform it.

Saying 'black lives matter' both literally and figuratively restores people's dignity.

We want to see a world where black lives matter in order for us to get to a world where all of our humanity is respected.

Black Lives Matter is our call to action. It is a tool to reimagine a world where black people are free to exist, free to live. It is a tool for our allies to show up differently for us.

These movements aren't about anger. We're not angrily saying 'Black Lives Matter.' We're declaring it. It's a declaration. We want to be seen as robust, full human beings that have anger and have joy. We want to be able to just freely have that joy. Like everybody else does.

We are clear that all lives matter, but we live in a world where that's not actually happening in practice. So if we want to get to the place where all lives matter, then we have to make sure that black lives matter, too.