Ava DuVernay Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think Black Lives Matter has some really thuggish elements in it. Look - at the risk of being incredibly politically incorrect, but I guess that's my job - I think that all lives matter. Not least black lives.

If a brand will shy away from you because you dare to say that black lives matter, that's probably not a brand you want to work with anyway.

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

Everybody remember, Black Lives Matter.

I mean we just simply can't stand for the systemic racism, social injustice and police brutality against the black community anymore. And it's really about standing up for what's right versus what's wrong.

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

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.

The Black Lives Matter movement has to, by its very nature, be intersectional because of the complexities of who black people are in this country and throughout the world.

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.

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.

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.

It's about being fair. It's about Black Lives Matter. Yes, they matter. Everybody counts or nobody counts, and I think if more cops had the philosophy of Harry Bosch, we'd have less of these situations happening.

Black Lives Matter was born out of our unwavering love for black people and our undeniable rage over a system that has historically dehumanized black 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.

When we say 'Black Lives Matter,' we're not saying that any other life doesn't matter. That has never, ever been our message. Our message has always been from a place of love.

Someone with a nice tan needs to say this: All lives matter.

If you're into social justice it's hard not to be on black people's side.

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.

I am thrilled and proud of Benjamin Watson for speaking up on behalf of innocent black lives, traditionally an unpopular stance in the mainstream media.