FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The latest in the events marking the anniversary of the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (all times local): 11 a.m. Members of an armed militia group patrolling the streets of Ferguson have drawn criticism from the county police chief overseeing security in the St. Louis suburb. St. Louis […]
One year later and what a year it’s been. I’m talking about Ferguson and the death of Michael Brown. All weekend long there had been hundreds of marchers out on the streets, peacefully and respectfully marking Brown’s death. And then, on Sunday, as it sadly, often does in these demonstrations, something went terribly wrong. A […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death was punctuated with gunshots and police critically wounded a black 18-year-old accused of opening fire on officers. Police, protesters and people who live and work in the St. Louis suburb were […]
One year ago today, the nation was outraged when an 18-year-old unarmed black male named Michael Brown was shot to death during a confrontation with a…
Roland Martin talks to St. Louis Alderman Antonio French about Ferguson, a year later and the shooting that occurred on the anniversary of Mike Brown‘s death. “it’s disappointing. Yesterday you had thousands of people to commemorate Mike Brown’s death and for that to be ruined by a few folks last night…it was a shootout […]
On August 9, 2014, seeing the lifeless body of Michael Brown Jr. laid out in the blistering heat for four and half hours on Twitter…
A year ago, most Americans had never heard of the St. Louis suburb called Ferguson. But after a white police officer fatally shot a black 18-year-old in the street, the name of the middle-class community became virtually a household word. From the first hours after Michael Brown‘s death, Associated Press reporter Jim Salter watched as […]
A week before the year anniversary of Michael Brown's death, the New Yorker published a lengthy and controversial profile of Darren Wilson.
New Ebony Editor-in-Chief Kierna Mayo oversaw the August issue of Ebony Magazine which has the provocative cover line “America Loves Black People,” but on the cover, “people” is overlaid by “culture.” The idea is that Black culture with all of its perceived “attitude” and “cool” is actually what’s beloved by America, not the human beings […]
An exhibit at Chicago’s Gallery Guichard featuring a portrayal of the slain body of Michael Brown has sparked controversy on social media. The exhibit, titled “Confronting Truths:…
Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush believes the Ferguson and Baltimore protests were caused by a lack of “mentoring” and parenting. According to ThinkProgress.com, during a Q&A with…
