#BlackFutureMonth: Millennial-Run Movements Advancing Black Lives Today

A look at young people who are taking charge.

Ella Baker - Ella Baker organized the Young Negroes Cooperative League in New York City and was a national director for the NAACP. She also helped form the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and helped the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee support civil rights activism on college campuses. (Photo: Courtesy of Library of Congress)
#BlackLivesMatter - Women who were subjected to police brutality were often left out of the #BlackLivesMatter chants. Stay focused and sensitive toward the injustices affecting all African-Americans. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
ThisIstheMovement.org and WeTheProtestors.org - DeRay (l.) and Netta's (r.) lives were forever changed following the killing of Michael Brown and the protests that followed in Ferguson, Missouri. Both have live-tweeted demonstrations since August 2014 in Ferguson and in other cities. To keep their followers informed of news related to social justice issues, they launched their newsletter ThisIstheMovement.org. In January, they created WetheProtestors.org, a resource for protesters to gather tools and resources to continue the movement. (Photos from Left: DerayMckesson via Twitter, Netta via Instagram)Millions March NYC - Friends Synead Nichols (l.) and Umaara Elliott (r.) made history in New York City, organizing a march against police brutality on Dec. 13, 2014. The Millions March NYC brought out 50,000 people and continued on for at least eight hours from Manhattan to Brooklyn. "We are a new generation of young multi­racial activists willing to take up the torch and we’re not going to stand for this anymore," Nichols said, according to their website. (Photo: Synead Nichols via Twitter)

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Black Movements: What's Next? - Many organizations have played a part in empowering African-Americans, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, co-founded by Ella Baker (pictured above), the Southern Leadership Christian Conference, the Black Panther Party, the Black press and others. Today, new movements have sparked in social justice, media, culture and technology that are being spearheaded by millennials. BET.com takes a look at young leaders of the day who are taking up the torch and advancing the lives of Blacks in society. (Photo Credit: Library of Congress)

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