Patrisse Khan-Cullors helped co-found and launch one of the most powerful social movements of the century — Black Lives Matter. The movement originated as a social media hashtag after Trayvon Martin was murdered in 2012 and George Zimmerman was acquitted in 2013 for shooting the unarmed teen, Black Enterprise reported. It has since become a global grassroots movement with hundreds of local chapters of Black Lives Matter.
Khan-Cullors published a memoir, “When They Call You a Terrorist,” in which she has a conversation about the criminalization of black
Khan-Cullors also founded Dignity and Power Now, an organization that advocates for the rights of incarcerated people and supports resources for their families.
