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Hundreds of demonstrators rally on the steps of the John Marshall Courthouse in Downtown Richmond in late November after a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., failed to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the August slaying of unarmed teenager Michael Brown Jr.

Hundreds of demonstrators rally on the steps of the John Marshall Courthouse in Downtown Richmond in late November after a grand jury in Ferguson, Mo., failed to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the August slaying of unarmed teenager Michael Brown Jr.

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#BlackLivesMatter: It’s not your parents’ revolution

Black lives matter to Evandra Catherine. And that means more than fixing a broken criminal justice system. “Black Lives Matter doesn’t only focus on police brutality. Black lives also matter in systematic things like housing, education, looking for jobs, wages,” said Ms. Catherine, referring to the Black Lives Matter movement, a grassroots network of organizations and community leaders working to improve the lives of black people on all fronts.