Black Lives That Still Matter: The Deaths Behind the Movement in 24 Parts

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                                                 13) Kalief Browder- New York City, 2015
2) Sean Bell - New York City, 2006                                                          14) Sandra Bland -Walter County, Texas, 2015

3) Kenneth Chamberlain - White Plains, NY, 2011                                15) Philando Castile - St. Anthony, MN, 2016
4) Trayvon Martin- Miami Gardens, FL, 2012                                        16) Alton Sterling -Baton Rouge, LA, 2016

5) Rekia Boyd- Chicago, 2012                                                                  17) Korryn Gaines - Baltimore, MD, 2016

6) Eric Garner- New York City, 2014                                                        18) Terence Crutcher - Tulsa, OK, 2016

7) John Crawford- Beaver Creek, OH, 2014                                           19) Stephon Clark - Sacramento, CA, 2018

8) Mike Brown Jr. - Ferguson, MO, 2014                                                20) Botham Jean - Dallas, TX, 2018
9) Tamir Rice - Cleveland, OH, 2014                                                       21) Atatiana Jefferson-Fort Worth, TX, 2019

10) Walter Scott - North Charleston, SC, 2015                                      22) Ahmaud Arbery - Brunswick, GA, 2020
11) Freddie Gray - Baltimore, MD, 2015                                                  23) Breonna Taylor - Louisville, KY, 2020

12) Sam DuBose - Cincinnati, OH, 2015                                                 24) George Floyd - Minneapolis, 2020

       

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