The Black Lives Matter movement is recognized as one of, if not the most, prominent political and social movements protesting the racial discrimination and police brutality towards black people. Created by the activists Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors in 2013, the movement began as the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag on Twitter (now named X following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media network in 2022) in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch coordinator who fatally shot an African American teenager named Trayvon Martin in 2012. The Black Lives…