The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian MP Petter Eide nominated the global movement "for their struggle against racism and racially motivated violence," he wrote in his official nomination papers, which were obtained by CNN.

"BLM's call for systemic change have spread around the world, forcing other countries to grapple with racism within their own societies," he said.

The Black Lives Matter protest movement, rekindled in the days after an unarmed George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis last May, continues to shine a light on what it calls systemic racism and police brutality from America's small towns to its urban centers.

The group, which started with a hashtag in 2012 after the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, has grown into a social juggernaut. It has changed the way people talk about police brutality and inequality.

While there is no way to know exactly how large the movement has become, the organization has branched out with chapters all over the world and held rallies, boycotts and other actions across the United States.

Online, it's what many have used to spread the message against police brutality. And globally, it's being used by many to show solidarity with Black people.

Eide, who has represented the Socialist Left party in parliament since 2017, told CNN he saw in Black Lives Matter a "legacy from both the civil rights movement in America and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa."

(With input from agencies)