 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna Chikunguru 2013, kufamba uku kwakatanga nekushandiswa kwe hashtag BlackLivesMatter pasocial media mushure mekuregererwa kwaGeorge Zimmerman mukupfurwa kwakauraya wechidiki wemuAfrica-America Trayvon Martin mwedzi gumi nemanomwe yapfuura muna Kukadzi 2012. Sangano iri rakazozivikanwa munyika yose nekuratidzira mumigwagwa zvichitevera kufa kwevanhu vaviri vemuAfrica vekuAmerica muna 2014, Michael Brown, izvo zvakaguma nekuratidzira uye mhirizhonga muFerguson, Missouri., guta riri pedyo neSt. Louis naEric Garner muNew York City. Kubvira pakuratidzira kweFerguson, vatori vechikamu vari mumusangano uyu vakaratidzira vachipesana nekufa kwevamwe vanhu vakawanda vemuAfrica vekuAmerica nemapurisa kana kuti pavaiva mumaoko emapurisa. Muzhizha ra2015, vatsigiri veBlack Lives Matter vakapinda musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika yeUnited States ya2016. Vakatanga hashtag uye kudanidzira kuti vaite chimwe chinhu, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, naOpal Tometi, vakawedzera chirongwa chavo kuva sangano renyika rose remapazi anodarika makumi matatu pakati pa2014 na2016. Sangano reBlack Lives Matter rose zvaro iboka revanorwira kodzero dzevanhu risina hurongwa hwepamutemo. 