TIMELINE DIAGRAM VI

Black Lives Matters Timeline

2012

17 yo Trayvon Martin died at the hands of George Zimmerman

2013

BLM was founded by 3 African-American women in response to George Zimmerman acquittal

2014

4 months later, a police officer was acquitted in the death of Eric Garne, an unarmed African-American

August 9, Micheal Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer

In Ferguson, Missouri, protesters went to the city holding signs that BLM lives matter

2015

The BLM banner has generated a sustained rallying cry for change and real world results

In Baltimore, Freddie Gray, a 25 yoAfrican-American man chased by police and later found in the back of a police van

Since, protesters confronted politicians at compaign event. University of Missouri protest complaints about racism on campus