Another black mother calls the police to help diffuse a situation with her child, another black life ended by them. On Friday night, two St. Louis…
Another institution is under investigation after a noose was found hanging from a tree just a few miles from Ferguson, Mo. The noose was found at North Tech High…
Oh, Missouri. Oh Missourah? Or is it Oh Misery if you are receiving food stamps? (Or live in Ferguson?) A Republican state lawmaker in Missouri…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s public safety director, appointed amid fallout from the fatal Ferguson police shooting of Michael Brown, on Wednesday announced plans to resign only six months into the job. Director Daniel Isom II in a statement issued by the governor’s office confirmed plans to return to the University of Missouri-St. Louis, […]
Jefferson City, Mo. —As businesses were burned and looted in Ferguson, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was inundated with messages from the public criticizing him for…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal lawsuits allege that jails in the St. Louis County towns of Ferguson and Jennings operate essentially as modern-day debtors’ prisons, where minor traffic offenses can lead to extended periods behind bars. Two lawsuits were filed Sunday on behalf of people who have spent time in jail for failure to pay […]
Three teens, Dominic “Nick” McDaniel, 18, Issac M. “Malik” Carter and Ce-Antonyo D. Kennedy, both 17, have been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal…
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Leading black members of Congress took to a church pulpit in Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday to trace a direct link from Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy to the fight for criminal justice reform after recent fatal police shootings across the U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr. spoke to parishioners at Wellspring […]
In a TEDx Talk, CNN correspondent and anchor Don Lemon talks about covering the events in Ferguson, Missouri, which he says more than anything else, is about a community that wants to be heard and respected. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
If there is one person that has been forgotten in the Michael Brown case, it’s his friend Dorian Johnson, the closest witness to his shooting by former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Johnson, whose full grand jury testimony has been withheld by Ferguson authorities at the request of the Justice Department, testified that Brown had […]
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Five St. Louis Rams players entered the football field with their hands raised. A day later, people walked out of work or school showing the same gesture of solidarity with Ferguson protesters. Check out photos and more coverage of Ferguson protests here. The pose has come to symbolize a movement, even […]
The parents of Michael Brown Jr. hit the morning shows on Wednesday to talk about the grand jury’s decision this week to not indict officer Darren Wilson, and the subsequent unrest in Ferguson. “Our son is gone and we’re dealing with it, but there are other families that went through the same situation, and we […]
