Black Lives That Still Matter: The Deaths Behind the Movement in 24 parts (ch. 2)

This compilation of videos is mostly based on research done for Michael Harriot’s  “A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 ‘Fed Up’- Rising” for theroot.com

 

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CHAPTER ONE:                                                                                   CHAPTER TWO:

1) Amadou Diallo- New York City, 1999                                                 1) Kalief Browder- New York City, 2015
2) Sean Bell - New York City, 2006                                                          2) Sandra Bland -Walter County, Texas, 2015

3) Kenneth Chamberlain - White Plains, NY, 2011                                3) Philando Castile - St. Anthony, MN, 2016
4) Trayvon Martin- Miami Gardens, FL, 2012                                        4) Alton Sterling -Baton Rouge, LA, 2016

5) Rekia Boyd- Chicago, 2012                                                                  5) Korryn Gaines - Baltimore, MD, 2016

6) Eric Garner- New York City, 2014                                                        6) Terence Crutcher - Tulsa, OK, 2016

7) John Crawford- Beaver Creek, OH, 2014                                           7) Stephon Clark - Sacramento, CA, 2018

8) Mike Brown Jr. - Ferguson, MO, 2014                                                8) Botham Jean - Dallas, TX, 2018
9) Tamir Rice - Cleveland, OH, 2014                                                       9) Atatiana Jefferson-Fort Worth, TX, 2019

10) Walter Scott - North Charleston, SC, 2015                                     10) Ahmaud Arbery - Brunswick, GA, 2020
11) Freddie Gray - Baltimore, MD, 2015                                                 11) Breonna Taylor - Louisville, KY, 2020

12) Sam DuBose - Cincinnati, OH, 2015                                                12) George Floyd - Minneapolis, 2020

   

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