Black Lives Matter: The timeline of a movement

Black Lives Matter didn't form from nothing after the fatal police shooting of Mike Brown on Aug. 9, 2014, but it was then that the movement began to build the longevity to survive and grow for the two years to come.

Since that shooting, protesters have demonstrated against police brutality on highways, outside airports and in front of police stations across the country. Activists have built various actionable frameworks to fight police violence, racism in the housing industry, racism embedded in the nation's criminal justice system and more.

We've outlined some of the major protests and developments in the movement since Brown died, below.

In this Dec. 29, 2015, photo, a man yells at authorities during a protest of a grand jury's decision not to indict two white Cleveland police officers in the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice.Credit: AP Photo/Tony Dejak

Fatal shooting of Tamir Rice

Nov. 22, 2014

Tamir Rice was a 12-year-old black boy carrying a toy gun in Cleveland when police drove up to him and, less than a second after exiting the car, fatally shot him.

On the second anniversary of the death of Eric Garner during his attempted arrest by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, activists gathered at the site of his death.Credit: Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2015, file photo, a member of the black student protest group Concerned Student 1950 gestures while addressing a crowd following the announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign, at the university in Columbia, Mo. The roots of the protest began decades ago, when the University of Missouri, founded in 1839, enrolled its first black student in 1950. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)Credit: AP

No indictment in killing of Eric Garner

Dec. 3, 2014

Protesters demonstrated across New York City after another grand jury chose not to indict a New York Police Department officer after he put Garner in a chokehold on Staten Island earlier in 2014 and refused to release Garner even as the man pleaded, "I can't breathe," over and over.

People take in the sights from the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 8, 2015.Credit: AP Photo/The Casper Star-Tribune, Ryan Dorgan

Return to Selma, Alabama

March 2015

A sea of activists young and old descended on Selma, Alabama, in March 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, during which activists marched in one of the most iconic and infamous days of the Civil Rights Movement. Activists advocating for equality for black Americans in 1965 were brutalized by police.

In this image from video, police officer Michael Slager stands over Walter Scott after Slager shot him on April 4.Credit: Feidin Santana via AP Images

Fatal shooting of Walter Scott

April 4, 2015

On April 4, 2015, Walter Scott sprinted across an empty lot behind a pawn shop, away from North Charleston officer Michael Slager, who'd drawn his gun.

Demonstrators protest outside of the courthouse in response to a hung jury and mistrial for Officer William Porter, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Baltimore.Credit: AP

Freddie Gray fatally injured inside a police vehicle, protests ensue

April 2015

Days after Scott was shot down, officers in Baltimore threw 24-year-old Freddie Gray in the back of a police van unbuckled. By the end of the ride, his neck and spine were damaged beyond repair.

Hundreds take part in a Unity Walk sponsored by Emanuel AME Church and the Hate Wont Win Movement on Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Charleston, S.C. The Unity Walk was created by the family of the Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., who was killed in the shooting at the church in June 2015.Credit: Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP

Charleston shooting

June 17, 2015

Self-proclaimed white supremacist Dylann Roof sat in a late-night Bible study group with parishioners of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 17. During the session, he stood, pulled out a gun, and killed nine people who were part of the fabric of the city's community.

In this July 22, 2015, photo, news media work outside the Waller County Jail, in Hempstead, Texas.Credit: AP Photo/Pat Sullivan

What happened to Sandra Bland?

July 2015

Sandra Bland pulled over on a Texas road three days before her death and waited for the police officer to walk up to her driver-side door.

Police talk to people after a shooting near a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9, 2015.Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Back to Ferguson

August 2015

On Aug. 9, 2015, police in Ferguson shot a black teenager named Tyrone Harris after Harris allegedly pulled a gun and began shooting at officers.

Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson is a co-founder of Campaign Zero.Credit: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Activists release campaign framework to combat police brutality

Aug. 21, 2015

In late August 2015, activists released a platform called Campaign Zero, which aims to reduce incidents of police violence.

In this Nov. 9, 2015, photo, a member of the black student protest group Concerned Student 1950 gestures while addressing a crowd.Credit: AP Photo/Jeff Roberson

Protests across college campuses

November 2015

Student activists at the University of Missouri forced the university system president to resign after a series of protests during which they said he had not responded quickly to a series of racist occurrences on campus.

Black Lives Matter Minneapolis organizer Lena K. Gardner stands in front of a line of police as protesters shut down Interstate 94 on July 9.Credit: Annabelle Marcovici/SIPA USA

Fatal shooting of Jamar Clark

November 2015

A Minneapolis officer fatally shot 24-year-old Jamar Clark on Nov. 15, 2015, just blocks from a police station after police were called to the home for a domestic disturbance. Clark died the following day.

In this Oct. 20, 2014 image from video provided by the Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, right, walks down the street moments before being shot by officer Jason Van Dyke in Chicago. Last year the family of McDonald, the black teenager shot 16 times by a white officer, received $5 million from the city. His death, captured in a shocking video, led to a murder charge against Van Dyke, the police chiefs firing and thunderous street protests with calls for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's resignation.Credit: Chicago Police Department

A reckoning in Chicago

November 2015

Chicago officials released video of a police officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times more than a year after the incident took place.

A man holds an American flag upside down as motorcycles pass during the funeral procession for Baton Rouge police corporal Montrell Jackson.Credit: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

The fatal shooting of Alton Sterling

July 5, 2016

Baton Rouge police officers pinned a black man named Alton Sterling to the ground before one of them pulled out a gun and fatally shot him.

Banners block the entrance gate as demonstrators gather outside the Minnesota governor's residence on July 8.Credit: AP Photo/Jim Mone

The fatal shooting of Philando Castile

July 6, 2016

One day later, a police officer in Minnesota fatally shot Philando Castile at a traffic stop.

Law enforcement officers salute the casket of Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens during his funeral service.Credit: AP Photo/LM Otero

A sniper kills five police officers in Dallas

July 7, 2016

Just a few days after that, during one of many protests against police brutality that took place across the country that week, a sniper fired on police in downtown Dallas, killing five officers.

The funeral procession for slain Baton Rouge police corporal Montrell Jackson leaves the Living Faith Christian Center.Credit: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

A gunman kills three police officers in Baton Rouge

July 17, 2016

The fatal shooting of police officers in Dallas wasn't the final such incident that month. A former marine killed three officers in Baton Rouge as protests in the city were still ongoing.

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, at podium, holds a news conference near the site where Freddie Gray was arrested.Credit: AP Photo/Steve Ruark

Charges dropped in Freddie Gray case

July 27, 2016

The day six officers were charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray was seen as a potential watershed moment, though few black Baltimore residents were under the illusion that charges meant convictions.

Protesters march through Chicago in response to the shooting of teenager Paul O'Neal.Credit: Max Herman/NurPhoto/Sipa USA

Activists across the U.S. release broad plan to fight many forms of racism in America

Aug. 1, 2016

The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of groups associated with Black Lives Matter, released a broad, detailed list of demands earlier this month that they believe will help fight racism in housing, education, criminal justice, and many other aspects of American life.

Read the original:

Black Lives Matter: The timeline of a movement