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Black Lives Matter... Cont.from page 44
inspired, supported, and influenced each other.
which is also called the Second American Revolution (1861 Today we Ethiopiansin the USA would not have been able
-1865), and that led to the abolition of slavery. The Civil to live and work, if it was not for the Civil Rights move-
Rights movement of the 1960s accompanied the dissolu- ment led black and brown people, supported by conscious
tion of Jim Crow, in which most, if not all states in the
white people who exercised their rights and stood up to
United states, practiced or supported official discrimination
protect and advance the civil rights of black people, includ-
against blacks in all aspects of their social and political life.
ing Africans in the diaspora.
The current uprisings are the latest phase in the unfinished
Many African people are very enthusiastic, as the BLM
struggle against racism to make the United states a more
campaign resonates with their own lived experi-
perfect union. ences.However,many Ethiopians are hesitant in supporting
Historically, the pan-African movement has been linked to the BLM movement. Why is this so? We must confront this
the liberation of Black people in the Americas and Africa. issue honestly and answer the question. The consequences
From the African struggles for independence from colonial of not doing anything, and being seen as not supporting the
powers to the U.S. civil rights movement and the interna- struggle for the next phase of civil and political rights or not
tional fight to end apartheid in South Africa, Black con- insignificant.
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