People who have watched and participated in the Black Lives Matter movement say that this time feels different. One notable difference is the prevalence of protests across small, homogeneous towns across the United States. In Tyler, Texas, a town with a history of lynching and whose high school was named for Robert E. Lee, hundreds took to the streets against racism. In Havre, Montana, a windy farm town with 9,700 residents and few of color, over 100 people showed up to rally. In Carollton, Ohio, with 3,200 residents, just two people showed up to protest. But Jordan Miller, who grew up black in the mostly white area, explains how even two people make everything feel "totally different". "People's thinking has evolved", he said. "They want change just as much as the black community does." From Maine to New Mexico, Idaho to Alabama, Arkansas, Oregon, Utah, Oklahoma and beyond, the winds of change carry the whispers of a changing collective consciousness.

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