Ciminyaka ekhathazayo ngemuva kokushona kukaMartin Luther King, amanye amadolobha aseMelika asabhekene nokuqothulwa kwezinhlanga. Ifa lokubandlululwa lisazwakala emadolobheni afana neSaint Louis. Esikhundleni salokho, inani labantu base-Afrika laseMelika ligxile ezindaweni ezinamazinga aphezulu obugebengu kanye nomholo ophansi kakhulu. Isiqephu sokuqala seBlack Lives sisiyisa kuzishoshovu zaseSaint Louis ezilwayo, njengasekhulwini elidlule, ukulwa nokungalingani, ububha, ukungabi namathemba, ukuhlukunyezwa ngamaphoyisa, ukubulala.