Alicia Garza Quotes

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

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

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 want Black power.

I actually see a lot of the pain and destruction, like Black Lives Matter, in the long-term as positive because it shows that we're moving forward; we're evolving and moving and challenging the frontiers.

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

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.

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.

With Black Lives Matter, we knew from the very beginning that it wasn't just going to live online. We were like, 'We're creating this thing and then it's also going to live with black folks on the street and protests and organizations.' It was very important for us to use the hashtag as a way to have a larger conversation and as an organizing tool.

Unlike earlier black-power movements that tried to fight or segregate for self-preservation, Black Lives Matter aligns with the dead, continues the mourning, and refuses the forgetting in front of all of us.

Black Lives Matter has already demonstrated that it has the power to shift the societal landscape by bringing awareness to age-old issues that have plagued us as a people.

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

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.

#BlackLivesMatter is about black pride and black power and standing up against a world that tries to annihilate us.

Everybody remember, Black Lives Matter.

I've been in movement work since I was 16 years old. Black Lives Matter becomes an important part of the story, but it's not the only part of the story.

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 biggest misconception about Black Lives Matter is that BLM is just one entity; Black Lives Matter is an organization and a network. We are a part of the movement, but we are not the movement.

All lives matter when black lives matter and no lives are more important than black lives.

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.

When Black Lives Matter started, it was polarizing.

With support from techies, designers, artists and thousands of activists across the country, Black Lives Matter is now an online-to-offline political movement, affirming the humanity and resilience of black communities.

When you say black lives matter, that's inherently racist.