Declaration on Black Lives

I, Jawuan Wright, am committed to the declaration that black lives matter, and will fight to end the structural oppression that prevents so many from realizing their dreams. We cannot, and will not, stop until America recognizes the value of Black life.” These two sentences conclude the first ‘State of the Black Union’, issued by the black lives matter movement in early 2015 after Barack Obama’s sixth State of the Union address. Endorsed by over a dozen progressive organizations, the document declares 2015 “the year of resistance” against this structural oppression, and presents a sweeping indictment of what it asserts is the systemic and institutionalized subjugation of, and violence towards, Black Americans.
Signed by:Jawuan Wright, from Constitution High School