Lawyer Carl Douglas (right) holds a news conference with Gabrielle Hansel, guardian of five-year-old Syncere Kai Anderson, to announce filing a $50 million claim against the city of Los Angeles over the death of Keenan Anderson (seen photo right), at a news conference in Los Angeles on Jan. 20. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Outside of the Glynn County Courthouse, Ahmaud Arbery's aunt, Thea Brooks, joins a group during a demonstration calling for the conviction of the three men who face charges in the death of Ahmaud Arbery and other county officials they say were complicit in his death. Riley Bunch/Georgia Public Broadcasting hide caption
String players perform during a violin vigil for Elijah McClain in Washington Square Park on June 29, 2020, in New York City. Byron Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Sampson Levingston, of Through2Eyes, runs walking tours focusing on Indianapolis' Black neighborhoods and history. Neda Ulaby/NPR hide caption
A protester in Brooklyn with a face mask saying Defund Police, June 7 2020. Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Amiri Nash, 18, co-founded an organization that creates signs about racial injustice to post in predominantly white neighborhoods. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption
Demonstrators hold a protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
Raisha Doumbia, 20, left and Kai Harris, 17, have turned to TikTok to discuss racial injustice. It comes after TikTok apologized for a "technical glitch" that hid videos related to Black Lives Matter. TikTok screenshots by NPR hide caption
Then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem before a September 2016 game against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
A protester is arrested by NYPD officers during a march in Manhattan on Wednesday. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
(Left) Stacy, and sister Tracy reminisce over a collage of photos of Maleak Coffin, who died three days after being shot in December. The blanket was gifted to the family by Maleak's girlfriend, Marshay Walker. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
Randall Stephenson is the chairman, CEO and president of AT&T. Why is he talking about Black Lives Matter? Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Trymaine Lee reports in Ferguson in August 2014. Courtesy of Trymaine Lee hide caption
Desiree Griffiths of Miami holds up a sign reading "Black Lives Matter" during a protest over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
Nicholas Heyward Jr. the year before he was killed. "I would give my life today if I could, you know, just have him back," his dad said during a recent visit to StoryCorps. Courtesy of Nicholas Heyward Sr. hide caption
Historian Peniel Joseph says criticism of the film Selma as historically inaccurate is misguided, and that the movie correctly portrays African-Americans as the drivers of the civil rights movement. Kelvin Ma/Peniel Joseph hide caption