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Black Lives Matter at School Started in Seattle, Took Root Nationally, Continues With a Week of Action

by Nimra Ahmad


Black Lives Matter (BLM) at School begins its Week of Action today, Feb. 5 — a week for Seattle Public Schools to focus on empowering Black youth. The movement, now national, started in 2016 at John Muir Elementary School when, upon getting a bomb threat, administrators had to cancel an assembly designed to support its Black students.

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