A timeline of events leading up to the fatal shooting of Michael Brown.

1. #Ferguson

2. #Ferguson

3. “I contend that the cry of ‘black power’
is, at bottom, a reaction to the
reluctance of white power to make the
kind of changes necessary to make
justice a reality for the Negro. I think
that we’ve got to see that a riot is the
language of the unheard.”

6. David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch

8. Saturday, August 9th, 2014 at 11:51 am

12. Florissant Avenue and Canfield Drive

13. Canfield Drive

14. Canfield Drive

15. Saturday, August 9th, 2014 at 12:02 pm

16. Tiffany Mitchell

17. Huy Mach, STL Post-Dispatch
Lesley McSpadden: Saturday afternoon, August 9th, 2014

18. David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch
Saturday evening, August 9th, 2014

19. Laurie Skrivan, STL Post-Dispatch
Clayton, MO: Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

20. Laurie Skrivan, STL Post-Dispatch
“I am out here because I am part of the
masses of people in St. Louis, and soon
to be in the nation, that is exhausted
and fatigued with the progression of
police genocide. It’s not police brutality
anymore -- it’s genocide against young
black Americans…” -- Sunny Ford

21. Laurie Skrivan, STL Post-Dispatch
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

22. Laurie Skrivan, STL Post-Dispatch
“I wanted to come out and help bring
this community back together. And
with me being older, I wanted to set an
example and inspire leadership to the
youth…” – Anthony Clark

23. Laurie Skrivan, STL Post-Dispatch
Ariel Elliott, 6, of Ferguson: Thursday, August 14th, 2014

24. David Carson, STL Post-Dispatch
Downtown St. Louis, MO: Saturday, October 11th, 2014

25. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch
Ferguson, MO: Saturday, October 11th, 2014

26. Christian Gooden, STL Post-Dispatch
Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment:
Thursday, October 30th, 2014

27. Laurie Skrivan, STL Post-Dispatch
Ferguson Commission: Tuesday, November 18th, 2014

28. Cristina Fletes-Boutté, STL Post-Dispatch
Monday, November 24th, 2014

29. #blacklivesmatter