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Black Lives Matter has been nominated for a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian member of parliament Petter Eide said he nominated the organization because it is "bringing forward a new consciousness and awareness about racial justice." "To carry forward a movement of racial justice and to spread that to other countries is very, very important. Black Lives Matter is the strongest force today doing this, not only in the U.S. but also in Europe and in Asia," Eide told USA TODAY on Saturday. Eide said Black Lives Matter carries forward the legacy of earlier racial justice movements, such as the...

The #BLM Movement is Officially a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee! The movement for racial justice and equality #Black Lives Matter — which was revived May last year by the violent death of African-American George Floyd at the hands of white police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian parliamentarian, Petter Eide. Founded in 2013 in the United State by three queer African-American women ( Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi) the movement has taken on an even more powerful global force — seeing a collective Afro consciousness aw...

2021-01-30 14:40:17 GMT2021-01-30 22:40:17(Beijing Time) Sina English AFP A Black Lives Matter protestor sits outside the US Capitol security perimeter during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Black Lives Matter, a movement which became a rallying cry after the killing by US police of an unarmed black man, has been proposed for the Nobel Peace Prize, a Norwegian MP said Saturday. Founded in the United States in 2013, the movement received an impetus in May after George Floyd died. A white policeman had knelt...

Black Lives Matter Movement Nobel Peace Prize Nomination Mocked On Twitter 01/30/21 AT 12:57 PM Norwegian member of parliament Petter Eide has nominated the Black Lives Matter movement for the 2021 Nobel peace prize. Eide was inspired to nominate the organization for challenging countries around the world to address racism, The Guardian reports. “I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality,” Eide stated in his nomination papers. “Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwid...

Black Lives Matter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for carrying forward 'a movement of racial justice' Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Replay Video Black Lives Matter has been nominated for a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian member of parliament Petter Eide said he nominated the organization because it is "bringing forward a new consciousness and awareness about racial justice." "To carry forward a movement of racial justice and to spread that to other countries is very, very important. Black Lives Matter is the strongest force today doing this, not only in the U.S. but also in Euro...