Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation

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The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGN or BLMGNF) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to promoting the Black Lives Matter movement. The organization is often mistaken for other organizations within the Black Lives Matter movement because it often solely employs the phrase "Black Lives Matter" as its name and it also owns the domain name "blacklivesmatter.com" as its official website. In 2015, BLMGN was the largest and most well-funded organization within the broader Black Lives Matter social movement, and it claims to speak on behalf of the movement. Efforts which were started in late 2020 by its then executive director Patrisse Cullors began to centralize its operations. The organization was founded in 2013 by three female activists. International but largely based in the United States, the organization advocates for the eradication of systemic racism and the prevention of police violence. Among its core beliefs is that the entire US...

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