See: One Year Later – Resources On Michael Brown
The full story has yet to come out about what happened on Friday night in Ferguson (Vox has a good overview of what is known so far), but the larger narrative of the challenges facing so many of our African-American youth could not be more clear.
MLK: “…a riot is the language of the unheard…Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention.” #Ferguson
— Ben Spielberg (@BenSpielberg) August 11, 2014
MLK: “…violence will only create more social problems[, but] America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. #Ferguson
— Ben Spielberg (@BenSpielberg) August 11, 2014
Also, see You won’t prevent future riots by disregarding the psychology of crowds from The Guardian.
Lastly, check out the poem “Harlem” by Langston Hughes.
The Media Keeps Failing Black Teens is from The Atlantic.
Black Kids Don’t Have to Be College-Bound for Their Deaths to Be Tragic is from The Root.
Police Use Tear Gas On Crowd is from The Washington Post.
Incredible NYT photo shows heavily armed Ferguson police facing one man w/hands up. pic.twitter.com/EMQVI5ZoCW h/tRT @PzFeed
— carolynryan (@carolynryan) August 12, 2014
“@MichaelSkolnik: “A riot is the language of the unheard.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/SRgP1dBJtx”
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 12, 2014
RT @chrislhayes: I interviewed the key witness to the Michael Brown shooting last night. The police haven’t. Think about that.
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) August 13, 2014
#journalism RT @LynnMagic: white people though look at this seriously pic.twitter.com/6O0KFi4u9D
— Jose Vilson (@TheJLV) August 13, 2014
“At This Point, Ferguson Is a City Under Siege:What’s being described as a “riot” is looking a lot more like an occupation” is from The Atlantic.
Wednesday Night Tweets From Ferguson, Missouri & Beyond
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