In 2020, COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Which global protest movement spread widely the same year?

Black Lives Matter protests surged globally in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Despite pandemic restrictions, demonstrations for racial justice and police accountability spread across all 50 U.S. states and to dozens of countries, making it one of the largest protest movements in modern history. Images of masked marchers and “I can’t breathe” signs became defining scenes of that year. Remember it this way: 2020 combined two worldwide waves—COVID-19 and calls for racial justice. While the Me Too, March for Our Lives, and Climate Strikes peaked in other years, BLM’s massive, synchronized response uniquely aligned with the pandemic period. The movement began in 2013, but 2020’s global attention, amplified by social media and people at home during lockdowns, propelled it to unprecedented scale.