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On February 18, 2016, Barack Obama invited a number of civil rights leaders to meet with him and included Aislinn Pulley, a leader of "Black Lives Matter Chicago." Pulley rejected Obama's invitation and did not attend the meeting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/politics/obama-civil-rights-leaders-meeting/index.html|title=Obama meets with civil rights leaders -- minus Black Lives Matter|date=Feb. 18, 2016|accessdate=|work=CNN|first=Kevin |last=Liptak}}</ref>
On February 18, 2016, Barack Obama invited a number of civil rights leaders to meet with him and included Aislinn Pulley, a leader of "Black Lives Matter Chicago." Pulley rejected Obama's invitation and did not attend the meeting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/politics/obama-civil-rights-leaders-meeting/index.html|title=Obama meets with civil rights leaders -- minus Black Lives Matter|date=Feb. 18, 2016|accessdate=|work=CNN|first=Kevin |last=Liptak}}</ref>
In February 2016, some [[Facebook]] employees wrote #blacklivesmatter on community whiteboards at their company headquarters. Other employees crossed out that slogan and replaced it with "all lives matter." In response, [[Mark Zuckerberg]] sent a memo to Facebook employees ordering them to stop it, in contradiction of the policy that these boards were supposed to be "free speech zones." Zuckerburg wrote, " 'Black lives matter' doesn't mean other lives don't -- it's simply asking that the black community also achieves the justice they deserve." Two percent of Facebook employees are black.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zuckerberg-tells-workers-not-to-cross-out-black-lives-matter/|title=Zuckerberg tells workers not to cross out "Black Lives Matter"|date=Feb. 25, 2016|work=CBS News|accessdate=}}</ref>
In February 2016, some [[Facebook]] employees wrote #blacklivesmatter on community whiteboards at their company headquarters. Other employees crossed out that slogan and replaced it with "all lives matter." In response, [[Mark Zuckerberg]] sent a memo to Facebook employees ordering them to stop it, in contradiction of the policy that these boards were supposed to be "free speech zones." Zuckerburg wrote, " 'Black lives matter' doesn't mean other lives don't -- it's simply asking that the black community also achieves the justice they deserve." Two percent of Facebook employees are black.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zuckerberg-tells-workers-not-to-cross-out-black-lives-matter/|title=Zuckerberg tells workers not to cross out "Black Lives Matter"|date=Feb. 25, 2016|work=CBS News|accessdate=}}</ref>
In March 2021 it was reported that Black Lives Matter leader Terry Joe Wilson, a white man who allegedly is a faculty member at Boise State University and the school’s Black Lives Matter chapter spokesman, was arrested for smearing paint and feces on a statue of Abraham Lincoln.<ref>https://www.toddstarnes.com/crime/black-lives-matter-leader-vandalizes-abraham-lincoln-statue-using-feces/</ref> Abraham Lincoln signed the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] in 1863, freeing the slaves.
In March 2021 it was reported that Black Lives Matter leader Terry Joe Wilson, a white man who allegedly is a faculty member at Boise State University and the school’s Black Lives Matter chapter spokesman, was arrested for smearing paint and feces on a statue of Abraham Lincoln.<ref>https://www.toddstarnes.com/crime/black-lives-matter-leader-vandalizes-abraham-lincoln-statue-using-feces/</ref> Abraham Lincoln signed the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] in 1863, freeing the slaves.
==Criticism==
==Criticism==
[[File:BLM-Women's March.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Black Lives Matter|BLM]] / [[Women's March]] [[misogynist]]s beat a female Trump supporter.<ref>Two references:*[https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-trump-supporter-hospitalized-by-black-lives-matter-thugs-at-womens-march/ EXCLUSIVE: Trump Supporter Hospitalized By Black Lives Matter Thugs At Women’s March]<br>*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/womens-marchers-rally-womens-rights-washington-dc-stomp-beat-choke-punch-female-trump-supporter/ Women’s Marchers Rally for Women’s Rights in Washington DC — Then Stomp, Beat, Choke and Punch Female Trump Supporter]</ref>]]
[[File:BLM-Women's March.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Black Lives Matter|BLM]] / [[Women's March]] [[misogynist]]s beat a female Trump supporter.<ref>Two references:*[https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-trump-supporter-hospitalized-by-black-lives-matter-thugs-at-womens-march/ EXCLUSIVE: Trump Supporter Hospitalized By Black Lives Matter Thugs At Women’s March]<br>*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/womens-marchers-rally-womens-rights-washington-dc-stomp-beat-choke-punch-female-trump-supporter/ Women’s Marchers Rally for Women’s Rights in Washington DC — Then Stomp, Beat, Choke and Punch Female Trump Supporter]</ref>]]