Tag / midwest history
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One City, Two Worlds: Why Michael Brown’s Death Was the Final Straw
BY VICTORIA SGARRO Anger over the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, at the hands of a local police officer has transformed Ferguson, Missouri from an anonymous Midwestern suburb into the focal point for America’s race relations, all within the span of a week. The incident, along with retaliatory protests-turned-riots, landed the small…
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