"When [Opal Tometi, Patrisse Cullors and I] created Black Lives Matter, it absolutely was about: How do we live in a world that dehumanizes us and still be human? The fight is not just being able to keep breathing. The fight is actually to be able to walk down the street with your head held high—and feel like I belong here, or I deserve to be here, or I just have right to have a level of dignity."
- Alicia Garza