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Black Lives Matter didn't form from nothing after the fatal police shooting of Mike Brown on Student Wife (2016)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.

SEE ALSO: Black Lives Matter reveals a six-point plan to combat systemic racism

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

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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.