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Black Lives Matter Launches National 2020 Voter Drive Targeting ‘Generation Z’

Jeffrey Cawood
Black Lives Matter Launches National 2020 Voter Drive Targeting ‘Generation Z’
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Top organizers from Black Lives Matter have launched a nationwide effort to boost voter turnout next year among eligible young adults from the post-millennial generation, some of whom will be casting a presidential ballot for the first time.

NNPA Newswire, which provides content to numerous black-owned community newspapers across the country, reports that “BLM’s goal is to hit all major cities where Black folks live and engage Generation Z,” which is generally considered to be people born after 1996.

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