Wikipedia:WikiProject Black Lives Matter/August 2020

Wikipedia wants YOUR help to improve our coverage of Black Lives Matter and related topics! For the entire month of August 2020, we are holding the Black Lives Matter article improvement drive, a collaborative effort to improve our articles on topics relating to racism, racialized violence, and the African diaspora more widely. Whether you're new to Wikipedia or an experienced editor, your help is greatly appreciated. The recent killing of George Floyd and others have exposed continuing racial divisions in the United States. This has manifested in widespread protests and movements like Blackout Tuesday which are important topics for Wikipedia to cover. One of the best ways to fight ignorance and bias is knowledge, and improving Wikipedia content on African-Americans and the African diaspora more generally helps to educate the world and counter Wikipedia's systemic bias.

There are tons of ways you can help out! The page below is divided into sections to help you identify places you would like to work. #New and improved content lists articles which are further along in their development and could use attention from copy editors, proofreaders, and reviewers. If you don't have much time to write, the articles listed there would benefit from minor edits. If you have photos you can upload them under a free license to share with others. #Participants lists editors who have signed up to help with this effort. If you need advice or help, contact one of them on their talk page or post on the project talk page.

This campaign is a collaboration with WikiProject Women in Red's BLM/Anti-discrimination editathon, and complements the previous June and July editathons.

Missing Articles

Editor suggestions

• MLK50 -- Nonprofit digital newsroom founded by Wendi C. Thomas in 2017 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. by primarily reporting on economic injustice. [1] [2] [3]
• 50-a -- NYC law that shielded police records. Repealed in 2020. Expect lots to come from it. Related to SB 1421 [4] [5] [6] [7]
• Amistad Mutiny murals by Hale Woodruff
• Bill Lewinski/Force Science Institute - possible sources:[8][9][10][11]

New and improved content

See also article alerts for this WikiProject.

Most recent on top, please, specifying new or improved. Add {{WikiProject Black Lives Matter|editathon=August 2020}} to the article's talk page.

1. Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks
2. Shooting of Jacob Blake
3. Stick to sports, new
4. Deidre Davis Butler, new
5. Charlotte Enty Catlin, new
6. Alexis McGill Johnson, upg
7. Betty Reid Soskin, upg
8. Hattie V. Feger, new
9. Mo Gaba, new

Media

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  Deidre Davis Butler
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  Charlotte Enty Catlin
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  Brad Sherman attends George Floyd protest in DC
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  Brad Sherman attends George Floyd protest in DC
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  Brad Sherman attends George Floyd protest in DC
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  Brad Sherman attends George Floyd protest in DC
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  Members of the US Congress kneel for 8 min. and 42 sec.
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  Black Lives Matter protest at Sherman Oaks Galleria
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  Black Lives Matter protest at Sherman Oaks Galleria
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  Tony Cárdenas hosting press conference in wake of George Floyd's death
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  Tony Cárdenas hosting press conference in wake of George Floyd's death
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  Protest in Los Angeles
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  Adam Schiff at George Floyd protest
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  Families Belong Together protest
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  John Lewis and Julia Brownley
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  Julia Brownley at George Floyd protest
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  Julia Brownley and John Lewis
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Santa Barbara, CA
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Santa Barbara, CA
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  Salud Carbajal and Courtney Haile
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  Salud Carbajal at the NAACP George Floyd rally in Santa Maria, California
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  Salud Carbajal at the NAACP George Floyd rally in Santa Maria, California
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  Alexis McGill Johnson
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  55th Anniversary Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Selma, Alabama
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  55th Anniversary Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Selma, Alabama
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  Jimmy Panetta and his family at the 55th Anniversary Bridge Crossing Jubilee, Selma, Alabama
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  George Floyd protests in Watsonville, California
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  George Floyd protests in Watsonville, California
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  George Floyd protests in Watsonville, California
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  George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
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  George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
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  George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
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  Barbara Lee
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  Ro Khanna speaking at Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event
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  June 2020 protest photo by Jackie Speier
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  June 2020 protest photo by Jackie Speier
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  June 2020 protest photo by Jackie Speier
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  June 2020 protest photo by Jackie Speier
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  Jackie Speier at protest in California, June 2020
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  Barbara Lee and Ayanna Pressley
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  Barbara Lee at her mother's gravesite
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  Barbara Lee hosts Black History Month Town Hall, Oakland, CA
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  Barbara Lee hosts Black History Month Town Hall, Oakland, CA
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  Barbara Lee hosts Black History Month Town Hall, Oakland, CA
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  Barbara Lee hosts Black History Month Town Hall, Oakland, CA
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  Barbara Lee
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  Surprise birthday party for John Lewis
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  55th Anniversary Bridge Crossing Jubilee
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  Barbara Lee at the Edmund Pettus Bridge
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  George Floyd protest at Oakland Tech High School
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  George Floyd protest at Oakland Tech High School
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  Barbara Lee on National Gun Violence Awareness Day
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  Barbara Lee at BLM protest
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  Barbara Lee at BLM protest
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  Minneapolis funeral of George Floyd
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  Funeral of John Lewis
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  Funeral of John Lewis
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  Barbara Lee at the funeral of John Lewis
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  Barbara Lee at the funeral of John Lewis
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  John Lewis and Barbara Lee
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  Whitney Dotson
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020, Costa Contra County, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020, Costa Contra County, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020, Costa Contra County, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020, Martinez, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020, Martinez, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020, Martinez, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020, Martinez, California
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  Betty Reid Soskin
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  Betty Reid Soskin
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  Black History Awareness Celebration, Richmond, California
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  Black History Awareness Celebration, Richmond, California
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  Black History Awareness Celebration, Richmond, California
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  Black History Month event in Richmond, California
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  Black History Month event in Richmond, California
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  BLM listening session in Manteca, CA
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  BLM listening session in Manteca, CA
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  George Floyd protest in Modesto, CA
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  George Floyd protest in Modesto, CA
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  George Floyd protest in Modesto, CA
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  George Floyd protest in Modesto, CA
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  George Floyd protest in Modesto, CA
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  Josh Harder hosting BIPOC constituents after George Floyd's death
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  Josh Harder hosting BIPOC constituents after George Floyd's death
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  Tracy African American Association Juneteenth Celebration 2019
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  Tracy African American Association Juneteenth Celebration 2019
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  Tracy African American Association Juneteenth Celebration 2019
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  Ami Bera attends the Standing in Solidarity march in Sacramento, CA
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  Standing in Solidarity march in Sacramento, CA
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  Opening of Club Stride in Vallejo, California
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  Opening of Club Stride in Vallejo, California
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  Opening of Club Stride in Vallejo, California
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  Opening of Club Stride in Vallejo, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 in Vallejo, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 in Vallejo, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 in Vallejo, California
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  Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2020 in Vallejo, California

Portland, Oregon

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  Spanish-American War Soldier's Monument
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  Plaza Blocks
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  BLM memorial following elk statue removal
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  BLM memorial following elk statue removal
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  BLM memorial following elk statue removal
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  BLM memorial following elk statue removal
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  BLM memorial following elk statue removal
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  BLM memorial following elk statue removal
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  Spanish-American War Soldier's Monument
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  Fountain for Company H
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  Fountain for Company H
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  Fountain for Company H
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  Spanish-American War Soldier's Monument, Fountain for Company H
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  Pioneer Place
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  Pioneer Place
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  Pioneer Place
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Participants

• ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:11, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
• Uelly (talk) 17:21, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
• Missvain (talk) 18:47, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
• — Bilorv (talk) 23:07, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
• TJMSmith (talk) 00:59, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
• Citrivescence (talk) 23:41, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
• Penny Richards (talk) 16:09, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
• HaeB (talk) 06:53, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Black Lives Matter/June 2020
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Black Lives Matter/July 2020

Relevant WikiProjects

• WikiProject African diaspora
• WikiProject Civil Rights Movement
• WikiProject Discrimination