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African American history

  • Rodney King got beaten up by the police

    Rodney King got beaten up by the police
    Feauture with the eyewitness' film
    A black male, Rodney King, got beaten up by four police officers in Los Angelos. An eyewitness with a camera filmed the incident, and the film was showed on the national news, ABC News.
  • Rodney King, trial

    The officers didn't get sentenced in the following trial in april 1992.
  • Killing date

    Killing date
    Article about the murder
    Trayvon Martin, 17, walked home from High School while holding a can of ice tea and a bag of Skittles.
    George Zimmerman, self-appointed Neighborhood Watch captain, 28, found him suspicious, followed him in his car, while speaking with the alarm central. Zimmerman shot Martin twice, and be died instantly.
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