“You Matter. Your Lives Matter. Your Dreams Matter”

In our @MBK_Alliance town hall yesterday, I mentioned James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time. From 1962, it remains a seminal meditation on race by one of our greatest writers and relevant for understanding the pain and anger behind the protests. Excerpt: https://t.co/50F9ZP3JhQ

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) June 4, 2020

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Young Black men and women have always been at the forefront of progress. As @BarackObama said, "know that your lives matter, that your dreams matter." #ObamaTownHall pic.twitter.com/YQEM4fW0Py

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 3, 2020

"The way this young man died, watching the video, it made me so sad. It was so painful. It made me cry. I kept saying to myself, how many more? How many more young black men will be murdered? The madness must stop." — @RepJohnLewis on the death of George Floyd pic.twitter.com/tJ5mVfcmoZ

— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) June 4, 2020

“I Know You Know That Black Lives Matter”

"George Floyd's life mattered and Breonna Taylor's life mattered and Philando Castile's life mattered and Tamir Rice's life mattered."

Duchess Meghan has shared a powerful video with @IHPandas Immaculate Heart High School’s class of 2020 for their graduation.#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/BzUmfnKICb

— Omid Scobie (@scobie) June 4, 2020

👏"The. Only. Wrong. Thing. To. Say. Is. To. Say. Nothing"

Brilliant & powerful speech by Meghan Markle. I love how raw & open she is about her speech being picked apart but put others before her fear. My respect for Duchess of Sussex has gone up another notch #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/6Ik0UGn5kx

— Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu (@SholaMos1) June 4, 2020