 Welcome back to the breakfast here on plus TV Africa now Let's go back in history to the year the year 2013 if you remember the black lives matter hashtag and that Quote started on this day in 2013 a lot of people may remember it from George Floyd's death But actually started way before then You know not long before now. There was the killing of A little boy. Oh, what's his name now? Can't remember his name now, but George Zimmerman basically was in the picture after the killer the murder of Oh, I'm gonna find his name anyway So it was after this case and George Zimmerman was acquitted for you know the murder of that little boy That's when the black lives matter Hashtag started It was from outrage and of course people that were saddened after the acquittal of George Zimmerman who killed a black teenager in 2012 in Oakland It started, you know a former lady called Alicia Gaza who posted a message on Facebook on this day July 13th Saying black lives matter and of course that soon became a rallying crime movement throughout the United States and Around the world. It was also a time to look at some of the people and some of the black Americans who had Been killed and you know had not been given justice or a fair trial after being murdered and being being racially profiled the likes of Anton Stirling and Eric Garner and Philando Castile and a couple of other people They basically were the ones who the light was shining on at a time and of course fast forward a couple of years later We got to see the George Floyd case eventually take place, but it was on this day You know that that's hashtag started by a lady called Alicia Gaza who posted it on Facebook. It became a National hashtag and of course moved even beyond the United States across the world Where people then of course started to carry that same hashtag and say that black lives truly do matter I don't remember. I don't know why I forgotten this guy's name But anyway, that's the story. Okay, so talking about Alicia Gaza who started this black lives matter movement. I remember watching Trayvon Martin I remember watching interviews of her and about, you know, how she was motivated to start this black lives matter movement and yes, it was the George Floyd case that you know, basically Snowboard the whole movement and you made it as big as we know it today But she explained how she had been motivated to start this black lives matter movement as far back as 2013 And she continued to push the course for, you know racial justice equity fairness because she discovered that black people Were being killed in the US and it was just so sad just for wearing a black hoodie Just for being just for walking with your hands in your pockets. Just For being at the wrong place at the wrong time And what do you know to be the wrong place at the wrong time? Black people have been killed for just being in a store people just shoot at them and Declame itself defense. So she had started this and I think, you know, what lessons I would take from this Whatever it is, whatever cause you want to you want to begin as long as you believe in it. Just keep on keep on, you know Doing that. I mean 2013 she kept on advocating for the lives of you know, black people Advocating for justice speaking up for them And you know, she didn't give up and the rest of the world joined her in same black lives matter when you know It became a judge Floyd that was a victim of that whole, you know Situation of that, you know racial injustice in the US. So yes Good thing that that that movement actually kicked off today. Just to go to mention I think the the George Floyd one, you know, is the most recent and maybe the biggest, you know Because that went beyond the United States, you know across the world, but the black lives matter, you know, as it As a you know, as a court and of course as a hashtag was big, you know in in Trevor Martin's case. It was big in Anton Stelling's case in in Philando Castile's case. They were riots, you know as early as 2013 And 2014 2017 also when some of these people were killed in the you know, very very very yet, you know frustrating ways by the United by, you know, United States police Or state police in the United States. So I think it had always been, you know popular But George Floyd's case was the one that put it on a global scale and of course that has even, you know Moved to beyond the United States to even spots and activities now You realize that in the last long while before every game is played in football They take a knee, you know, just to show some level of allegiance with the black community, but Shamefully that really hasn't also changed much with regards racism Because after taking the knee You know in England and Italy game, they still got racially abused after the match The next story today in history occurred just last year in 2020 And it was a very sad situation because for most people who follow TV shows the glee, you know Very popular. She's an American actress Naya Rivera Her body was found on this day in 2020 was after a five-day search. So Naya Rivera and her son had you know, you know gone on a They had rented a boat and they were just you know on the river just trying to have a good time a quiet time and She had done face time with her family members. It was a video call. She had spoke with them and then after a while, you know When you rent those boats you rent them for a particular amount of time or particular period of time after which is about to return them So the the owner of the boat never got his boat back So he you know went looking when looking for the person who had rented the boat and he found only the son the four-year-old son of Naya Rivera and What's happened a couple of hours later was that you know, this case was reported You know people began to look for her family members say always spoke to her just a while ago after a five-day search they found her body floating on the surface of the water and You know police investigation found that you know She had to use her last strength to get her son back on the boat to safety to rescue her son While she sadly, you know Couldn't make it and she she basically passed. It was a very very sad moment in time You know, so even a few days ago July 11th. There's been you know, lots of Messages, you know in the US her fans, you know putting messages out on social media saying oh, it's one year When Naya Rivera passed and just putting out condolence messages, you know to her That's what happened today in history Hot woman hot woman Captions out there. Yeah, sad story Big Sean of course was one of the people who was mentioned because you know, they had Relationship I think probably we've admired I'm not sure now, but they had you know, they had dated for a while before He went back to His current girlfriend anyway, I was just gonna mention 2020 took a lot of 2020 cost a lot of pain Besides the COVID-19 pandemic, you know, it was also the year that you know, the world lost a lot of these very very very very Famous celebrities that were very close to our hearts, you know, it was in 2020 that Naya Rivera passed Kobe Bryant passed Chadwick Boseman passed Dan Foster passed Maradona passed The hero of Ghanaian democracy Yeah, that that guy I'm doing very very bad. You would name the remembering names this morning anyway So it was it was in 2020 that a lot of these names passed, you know And it was you know, even if you're a lot to celebrate and say oh But it wasn't sad here. Sorry Jay Rollins. Yes Jay Rom Jay Jay Rollins Passed also in 2020 so it generally was a very very sad year. It took a lot of lives Some of them, you know to go with 19 others, you know to very, you know sad tragic accidents Of course including George Floyd, which you just mentioned And so it's a long list of names that we will, you know, never forget that passed in that very very weird year But 2021 of course has taken sounds all time. So really really sad Well, we'll take a break here now and we'll return to talk about our first big story about the emya of Kajora Regine and his freedom. I will be right back