Each day some black man, woman, or child has been killed or mistreated by police or by another black person. Black people in America should have always organized against injustices by police and other misguided blacks who are threats to their survival. I cannot understand how, after hundreds of years and comprehensive progress in civil and human rights, black people's lives are still not valued or respected.

Black Lives Matter is a book that expounds on the realities and hardships of black people living in America. The clouds of hate and distrust must end, so black people can avoid the senseless violence and disrespect they endure from other black people, police, and the government. If black lives truly matter, then swift justice must be enforced for those who violate the freedoms and peace of blacks trying to live in America.