How Black Lives Matter Has Influenced and Interacted with Global Social Movements

<p>Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a chapter-based and member-led organization created out of grief by three queer black women. This thesis examines the international impact of BLM. I conducted telephone interviews with activists and advocacy organizations who have organized activist networks and/or won struggles against institutional racism outside of the United States. These activists are located in Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, Australia, India, Spain, The Netherlands, Sweden, and Paris. I conclude that BLM has inspired the creation and supported the continued development of organizations advocating for national and transnational social and racial justice on a global scale. BLM in spite of its imperfections, is the "social justice yellow brick road" helping to build a path toward, what political activist Angela Davis conceptualizes as, "intersectionality of movements," or the joining of different struggles to strengthen each fight against oppression.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Liberal Studies

Grantor

The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Binning, Arelle A

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Karen Miller

• African Studies
• Asian Studies
• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Eastern European Studies
• International Relations
• Peace and Conflict Studies
• Politics and Social Change
• Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies
• Race and Ethnicity
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Social Policy
• Sociology
• Race Relations
• International
• Black Lives Matter
• BLM
• Social Movement
• Global

Repository record dc:identifier

https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3116

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:academicworks.cuny.edu:gc_etds-4182