BTS fans raise $1 Million to match band's donation for Black Lives Matter campaign

Joining league of celebrities contributing to  Black Lives Matter moment, K-Pop band BTS, last week, donated one million dollars. w, band’s loyal followers have successfully matched amount. anti-racism demonstrations started last month after African American George Floyd died in police custody. 

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As campaign spre outside American mainland, South Korean band BTS donated 1 million dollars joining people fighting for cause. According to international media reports, news was n shared, on twitter by Bit Hit Entertainment, which mans group.

As soon as  news broke out, band’s fans, who call mselves ARMY,  started making donations towards Black Lives Matter movement. Soon, #MatchAMillion started trending on Twitter with people making contributions to raise a sum of $1million. Later,   organisation called One In Army, which led  donation drive said that $817,000 were collected in first hour since campaign began.

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"We stand in solidarity with black ARMY. y're an important part of our family. And we stand with black people everywhere. Your voices deserve to be heard," y said in press release.

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Recently, ar musician, Harry Styles took to his Twitter account and revealed that he is donating post bail funds to arrested protest organisers. singer has called for justice over killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who lost his life to police brutality and inequality. Harry Styles promoted Black Lives Matter movement.

Moreover, Harry Styles urged his fans to educate mselves on police brutality and racism. On Friday, police officer Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after a video surfaced on him kneeling on George Floyd’s neck, which led to his death. After video surfaced, people in US as well as around globe h been outrd.