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Calculated Shard: 16 (from laksa016)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa016.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55106268\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55106268\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-55106268","crawl_time":1770950944,"first_indexed_time":1606696485,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,bbc!www,\/news\/world-us-canada-55106268 s443","src_root_hash":"1643509356818581016","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won","meta_descriptions":["The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement tell the BBC's 100 Women season they are optimistic."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"30 November 2020\nBlack Lives Matter: The three women who founded a global movement\nThe year 2020 will be remembered for a lot of things - not least the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement around the world.\nThe organisation has led huge street rallies and high-profile campaigns against racism and police brutality.\nNow the three women who founded the movement have told the BBC they believe it has transformed politics.\n\"Black people alongside our allies stood up to change the course of history and we won,\" said Alicia Garza.\nGarza and her BLM co-founders, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, spoke as part of the BBC 100 Women Masterclass 2020, a digital live event of masterclasses, big interviews and guests on 30 November.\nBBC 100 Women 2020 - Join us for the BBC 100 Women Masterclasses\nThe trio started the Black Lives Matter movement in the US in 2013 after the not guilty verdict against George Zimmerman, who shot dead unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.\nProtests erupted again this year after the killing of George Floyd, who died in May after a police officer knelt on his neck during his arrest in Minneapolis.\n\"Black Lives Matter, after seven years, is now really in the DNA and the muscle memory of this country,\" said Garza. \"We all have watched how our community members, our family members, are being murdered on camera.\n\"There are so many ways in which, even as this movement was exploding for the second time, major news outlets continue to focus on the wrong thing.\nGetty Images\n2016 also saw a wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the killings of black men by police officers\n\"Over and over again, the burden and responsibility for violence gets placed at our feet, but nobody talks about the violence that our communities are experiencing both at the hands of government neglect, but also at the hands of police officers.\n\"Now we have a new element which is vigilante and white supremacist violence.\"\nDespite the ongoing struggle, the founders of BLM struck a cautiously optimistic note, especially when speaking about the defeat of Donald Trump in the US election. Black women in particular have been credited for playing a major role in President-elect Joe Biden's victory.\nBBC\nI think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible\nThe BLM trio welcomed the acknowledgement of this by Kamala Harris, who has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president-elect.\nBut they said they would lobby for her to be not just a \"symbol but a fighter for our communities\".\n\"I'm heartened by seeing the ways in which the BLM movement but also a number of other movements have risen to the occasion and have brought forward political thought and action that really reflects the best of who we are,\" said Opal Tometi.\n\"I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible and I'm very moved and grateful to be alive for a time such as this.\"\nGetty Images\nBLM protests have spanned the generations\nDescribing how its role has changed this year, Garza said BLM was increasingly making connection across the world, including elevating the #EndSars protests against police violence in Nigeria.\n\"We are transforming politics as we know it but we are very focused on transforming power, the way that it operates, and making sure there is more power in the hands of more people,\" she said.\nRead more about Black Lives Matter\nHow BLM went from Facebook post to global movement\nFive pieces of context to understand the US protests\nBlack Lives Matter in the UK: 'We're still not being heard'\nPatrisse Cullors said the achievements of BLM in 2020 would go down in the history books.\n\"What I'm excited about is that my child gets to say that his mom, alongside other fierce black women, did everything that she could, and we could, to make this place better for us.\n\"I'm excited about that history being told.\"\nBBC 100 Women\nnames 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year, and tells their stories. 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Join us for the BBC 100 Women Masterclasses](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-55038065)\n\nThe trio started the Black Lives Matter movement in the US in 2013 after the not guilty verdict against George Zimmerman, who shot dead unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.\n\nProtests erupted again this year after the killing of George Floyd, who died in May after a police officer knelt on his neck during his arrest in Minneapolis.\n\n\"Black Lives Matter, after seven years, is now really in the DNA and the muscle memory of this country,\" said Garza. \"We all have watched how our community members, our family members, are being murdered on camera.\n\n\"There are so many ways in which, even as this movement was exploding for the second time, major news outlets continue to focus on the wrong thing.\n\n![Getty Images People take part in a protest on 8 July 2016 in New York City](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/16FF5\/production\/_115679149_blmnyc.jpg.webp)Getty Images\n\n2016 also saw a wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the killings of black men by police officers\n\n\"Over and over again, the burden and responsibility for violence gets placed at our feet, but nobody talks about the violence that our communities are experiencing both at the hands of government neglect, but also at the hands of police officers.\n\n\"Now we have a new element which is vigilante and white supremacist violence.\"\n\nDespite the ongoing struggle, the founders of BLM struck a cautiously optimistic note, especially when speaking about the defeat of Donald Trump in the US election. Black women in particular have been credited for playing a major role in President-elect Joe Biden's victory.\n\n![Opal Tometi](https:\/\/c.files.bbci.co.uk\/assets\/a300370c-4af3-4497-82eb-a3f655e3676d)\n\nBBC\n\n> I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible\n> \n> **Opal Tometi**  \n> BLM co-founder\n\nThe BLM trio welcomed the acknowledgement of this by Kamala Harris, who has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president-elect.\n\nBut they said they would lobby for her to be not just a \"symbol but a fighter for our communities\".\n\n\"I'm heartened by seeing the ways in which the BLM movement but also a number of other movements have risen to the occasion and have brought forward political thought and action that really reflects the best of who we are,\" said Opal Tometi.\n\n\"I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible and I'm very moved and grateful to be alive for a time such as this.\"\n\n![Getty Images Families participate in a children's march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and national protests against police brutality on 9 June 2020 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/1024x1024\/p0hq72jn.png.webp)Getty Images\n\nBLM protests have spanned the generations\n\nDescribing how its role has changed this year, Garza said BLM was increasingly making connection across the world, including elevating the \\#EndSars protests against police violence in Nigeria.\n\n\"We are transforming politics as we know it but we are very focused on transforming power, the way that it operates, and making sure there is more power in the hands of more people,\" she said.\n\n![2px presentational grey line](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/1024x1024\/p0hq72jn.png.webp)\n\n## Read more about Black Lives Matter\n- [How BLM went from Facebook post to global movement](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-53273381)\n- [Five pieces of context to understand the US protests](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-us-canada-52904593)\n- [Black Lives Matter in the UK: 'We're still not being heard'](https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/newsbeat-53812576)\n\n![2px presentational grey line](https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/1024x1024\/p0hq72jn.png.webp)\n\nPatrisse Cullors said the achievements of BLM in 2020 would go down in the history books.\n\n\"What I'm excited about is that my child gets to say that his mom, alongside other fierce black women, did everything that she could, and we could, to make this place better for us.\n\n\"I'm excited about that history being told.\"\n\n[BBC 100 Women](http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-24371433) *names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year, and tells their stories. 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Boilerpipe Text	30 November 2020 Black Lives Matter: The three women who founded a global movement The year 2020 will be remembered for a lot of things - not least the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement around the world. The organisation has led huge street rallies and high-profile campaigns against racism and police brutality. Now the three women who founded the movement have told the BBC they believe it has transformed politics. "Black people alongside our allies stood up to change the course of history and we won," said Alicia Garza. Garza and her BLM co-founders, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, spoke as part of the BBC 100 Women Masterclass 2020, a digital live event of masterclasses, big interviews and guests on 30 November. BBC 100 Women 2020 - Join us for the BBC 100 Women Masterclasses The trio started the Black Lives Matter movement in the US in 2013 after the not guilty verdict against George Zimmerman, who shot dead unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Protests erupted again this year after the killing of George Floyd, who died in May after a police officer knelt on his neck during his arrest in Minneapolis. "Black Lives Matter, after seven years, is now really in the DNA and the muscle memory of this country," said Garza. "We all have watched how our community members, our family members, are being murdered on camera. "There are so many ways in which, even as this movement was exploding for the second time, major news outlets continue to focus on the wrong thing. Getty Images 2016 also saw a wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the killings of black men by police officers "Over and over again, the burden and responsibility for violence gets placed at our feet, but nobody talks about the violence that our communities are experiencing both at the hands of government neglect, but also at the hands of police officers. "Now we have a new element which is vigilante and white supremacist violence." Despite the ongoing struggle, the founders of BLM struck a cautiously optimistic note, especially when speaking about the defeat of Donald Trump in the US election. Black women in particular have been credited for playing a major role in President-elect Joe Biden's victory. BBC I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible The BLM trio welcomed the acknowledgement of this by Kamala Harris, who has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president-elect. But they said they would lobby for her to be not just a "symbol but a fighter for our communities". "I'm heartened by seeing the ways in which the BLM movement but also a number of other movements have risen to the occasion and have brought forward political thought and action that really reflects the best of who we are," said Opal Tometi. "I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible and I'm very moved and grateful to be alive for a time such as this." Getty Images BLM protests have spanned the generations Describing how its role has changed this year, Garza said BLM was increasingly making connection across the world, including elevating the #EndSars protests against police violence in Nigeria. "We are transforming politics as we know it but we are very focused on transforming power, the way that it operates, and making sure there is more power in the hands of more people," she said. Read more about Black Lives Matter How BLM went from Facebook post to global movement Five pieces of context to understand the US protests Black Lives Matter in the UK: 'We're still not being heard' Patrisse Cullors said the achievements of BLM in 2020 would go down in the history books. "What I'm excited about is that my child gets to say that his mom, alongside other fierce black women, did everything that she could, and we could, to make this place better for us. "I'm excited about that history being told." BBC 100 Women names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year, and tells their stories. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and join the conversation, using #BBC100Women .
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The organisation has led huge street rallies and high-profile campaigns against racism and police brutality. Now the three women who founded the movement have told the BBC they believe it has transformed politics. "Black people alongside our allies stood up to change the course of history and we won," said Alicia Garza. Garza and her BLM co-founders, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, spoke as part of the BBC 100 Women Masterclass 2020, a digital live event of masterclasses, big interviews and guests on 30 November. - [BBC 100 Women 2020 - Join us for the BBC 100 Women Masterclasses](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55038065) The trio started the Black Lives Matter movement in the US in 2013 after the not guilty verdict against George Zimmerman, who shot dead unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Protests erupted again this year after the killing of George Floyd, who died in May after a police officer knelt on his neck during his arrest in Minneapolis. "Black Lives Matter, after seven years, is now really in the DNA and the muscle memory of this country," said Garza. "We all have watched how our community members, our family members, are being murdered on camera. "There are so many ways in which, even as this movement was exploding for the second time, major news outlets continue to focus on the wrong thing. ![Getty Images People take part in a protest on 8 July 2016 in New York City](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/16FF5/production/_115679149_blmnyc.jpg.webp)Getty Images 2016 also saw a wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the killings of black men by police officers "Over and over again, the burden and responsibility for violence gets placed at our feet, but nobody talks about the violence that our communities are experiencing both at the hands of government neglect, but also at the hands of police officers. "Now we have a new element which is vigilante and white supremacist violence." Despite the ongoing struggle, the founders of BLM struck a cautiously optimistic note, especially when speaking about the defeat of Donald Trump in the US election. Black women in particular have been credited for playing a major role in President-elect Joe Biden's victory. ![Opal Tometi](https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/assets/a300370c-4af3-4497-82eb-a3f655e3676d) BBC > I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible > > Opal Tometi > BLM co-founder The BLM trio welcomed the acknowledgement of this by Kamala Harris, who has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president-elect. But they said they would lobby for her to be not just a "symbol but a fighter for our communities". "I'm heartened by seeing the ways in which the BLM movement but also a number of other movements have risen to the occasion and have brought forward political thought and action that really reflects the best of who we are," said Opal Tometi. "I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible and I'm very moved and grateful to be alive for a time such as this." ![Getty Images Families participate in a children's march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and national protests against police brutality on 9 June 2020 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1024x1024/p0hq72jn.png.webp)Getty Images BLM protests have spanned the generations Describing how its role has changed this year, Garza said BLM was increasingly making connection across the world, including elevating the \#EndSars protests against police violence in Nigeria. "We are transforming politics as we know it but we are very focused on transforming power, the way that it operates, and making sure there is more power in the hands of more people," she said. ![2px presentational grey line](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1024x1024/p0hq72jn.png.webp) ## Read more about Black Lives Matter - [How BLM went from Facebook post to global movement](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53273381) - [Five pieces of context to understand the US protests](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52904593) - [Black Lives Matter in the UK: 'We're still not being heard'](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-53812576) ![2px presentational grey line](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1024x1024/p0hq72jn.png.webp) Patrisse Cullors said the achievements of BLM in 2020 would go down in the history books. 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Readable Markdown	30 November 2020 Black Lives Matter: The three women who founded a global movement The year 2020 will be remembered for a lot of things - not least the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement around the world. The organisation has led huge street rallies and high-profile campaigns against racism and police brutality. Now the three women who founded the movement have told the BBC they believe it has transformed politics. "Black people alongside our allies stood up to change the course of history and we won," said Alicia Garza. Garza and her BLM co-founders, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, spoke as part of the BBC 100 Women Masterclass 2020, a digital live event of masterclasses, big interviews and guests on 30 November. - [BBC 100 Women 2020 - Join us for the BBC 100 Women Masterclasses](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-55038065) The trio started the Black Lives Matter movement in the US in 2013 after the not guilty verdict against George Zimmerman, who shot dead unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. Protests erupted again this year after the killing of George Floyd, who died in May after a police officer knelt on his neck during his arrest in Minneapolis. "Black Lives Matter, after seven years, is now really in the DNA and the muscle memory of this country," said Garza. "We all have watched how our community members, our family members, are being murdered on camera. "There are so many ways in which, even as this movement was exploding for the second time, major news outlets continue to focus on the wrong thing. ![Getty Images People take part in a protest on 8 July 2016 in New York City](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/16FF5/production/_115679149_blmnyc.jpg.webp)Getty Images 2016 also saw a wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations over the killings of black men by police officers "Over and over again, the burden and responsibility for violence gets placed at our feet, but nobody talks about the violence that our communities are experiencing both at the hands of government neglect, but also at the hands of police officers. "Now we have a new element which is vigilante and white supremacist violence." Despite the ongoing struggle, the founders of BLM struck a cautiously optimistic note, especially when speaking about the defeat of Donald Trump in the US election. Black women in particular have been credited for playing a major role in President-elect Joe Biden's victory. ![Opal Tometi](https://c.files.bbci.co.uk/assets/a300370c-4af3-4497-82eb-a3f655e3676d) BBC > I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible The BLM trio welcomed the acknowledgement of this by Kamala Harris, who has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president-elect. But they said they would lobby for her to be not just a "symbol but a fighter for our communities". "I'm heartened by seeing the ways in which the BLM movement but also a number of other movements have risen to the occasion and have brought forward political thought and action that really reflects the best of who we are," said Opal Tometi. "I think our movements are showing a whole other way is possible and I'm very moved and grateful to be alive for a time such as this." ![Getty Images Families participate in a children's march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and national protests against police brutality on 9 June 2020 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1024x1024/p0hq72jn.png.webp)Getty Images BLM protests have spanned the generations Describing how its role has changed this year, Garza said BLM was increasingly making connection across the world, including elevating the \#EndSars protests against police violence in Nigeria. "We are transforming politics as we know it but we are very focused on transforming power, the way that it operates, and making sure there is more power in the hands of more people," she said. ![2px presentational grey line](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1024x1024/p0hq72jn.png.webp) Read more about Black Lives Matter - [How BLM went from Facebook post to global movement](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-53273381) - [Five pieces of context to understand the US protests](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52904593) - [Black Lives Matter in the UK: 'We're still not being heard'](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-53812576) ![2px presentational grey line](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1024x1024/p0hq72jn.png.webp) Patrisse Cullors said the achievements of BLM in 2020 would go down in the history books. "What I'm excited about is that my child gets to say that his mom, alongside other fierce black women, did everything that she could, and we could, to make this place better for us. "I'm excited about that history being told." [BBC 100 Women](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-24371433) names 100 influential and inspirational women around the world every year, and tells their stories. Follow us on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bbc100women/?hl=en) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BBC100women/?fref=ts) and join the conversation, using\#BBC100Women.
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