Ferguson
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Street Art from Ferguson Now Part of Unique City-Wide Art Exhibit by Carol Swartout Klein: 
Ferguson and the Art of Protest by Mallory Nezam:
Black Mizzou: Music and Stories One Year Later by Stephanie Shonekan: "The rich layers of this unique cultural expression offer a priceless lens through which black life is illuminated so that #BlackLivesMatter may become valid to those who live inside and outside the movement." The power of music in movement.
"not an elegy for mike brown" and "alternate names for black boys" by Danez Smith: Two poems with powerful lines leaving their readers to wonder what the author means as well as the speaker
"that feeling. that's black"
"I though to leave this blank but who am I to name us nothing?"
The Ballad of Ferguson, Missouri by Frederick Siedel: "Skin color is the name. Skin color is the game. Skin color is to blame for Ferguson, Missouri."
Ghazal, After Ferguson bu Yusef Komunyakka: a use of art in form of a poem to appeal to pop culture and call attention to the cry for help and justice in the streets of Ferguson
Black Lives Matter-About us: "The Black Lives Matter Global Network is a chapter-based, member-led organization whose mission is to build local power and to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes."
Black Lives Matter-What We Believe: "We embody and practice justice, liberation, and peace in our engagements with one another.
Black Lives Matter: A Movement not a Moment by Taylor "-just as its impossible ever to accurately calculate when 'enough is enough.'" this passage from this piece of literature sheds light on lives lost and what this movement is going to do to change the future.
A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement by Alicia Garza: "The Theft of Black Queer Women’s Work" is the first header, summarizing Alicia Garza's entire message; that this movement is not carried out by men, its by women, queer women, and men, as well as children. Sexual preference or identification and racial origin doesn't matter in this movement started by women and taking the nation by storm.
"11 Major Misconceptions About the Black Lives Matter Movement" by Brittney Cooper for Cosmopolitan Magazine:
style, beauty, sex, politics, astrology- the sections of this potential gossip magazine reaching a wider audience and informing them about this movement in modern America. It is simplified, yet informative, and easy to read in a list format.
Black Lives Matter Founders Describe 'Paradigm Shift' In The Movement: "We're seeing a really vibrant, multiracial movement for Black Lives."
Opal Tometi
Eighty Years Of Fergusons by Adam Serwer: "We have had 80 years of Fergusons. We may have more. Violence — as harmful and self-destructive as it is — sometimes works." this article talks about the history of civil rights and race protests, drawing attention to the problem, suggesting that it has created change in the past and will continue to in the future.
Exclusive: Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa A hidden treasure from one of the post pivotal times in Civil Rights American history resurfaced in a convenient time of need for the Black Lives Matter movement.
When Whites Just Don’t Get It, Part 4 by Nicholas Kristoff: "persistent effect of slavery" In modern society, these effects are still notable, in education, equality, and economics. Many people think that we must "move forward" without acknowledging the affects of history.
The Ferguson Uprising and its Reverberations by Ransby: "looked like a demon" the connotation of Michael Brown by Darren Wilson after taking his life. He wasn't a black teenager, he was a "demon."
Barack Obama, Ferguson, and the Evidence of Things Unsaid by Ta-Nehisi Coates: Many Americans were shocked by Obamas speech in response to Ferguson, being a black man they expected more fire and more support. He was heavily criticized for his neutral stance and very "presidentially sound" speech.
A Report from Occupied Territory by James Baldwin: "It is a dishonorable wound, not earned in a foreign jungle but in the domestic one" this quote refers to the loss of an eye of a black salesman attempting to question a police officer as they beat up young boys. His skin color made him vulnerable, and less human to the point of a debilitating wound was inflicted.
"America" by Kristen Silva Gruesz: "Seeking out the meaning of America might be said to be a national characteristic."
"Citizenship" by Lauren Berlant: " The historical conditions of legal and social belonging have been manipulated to serve the concentration of economic, racial, and sexual power in society's ruling blocks."
"Black" by E. Patrick Johnson: "The adjective 'black' is, in the words of the english dictionary,
Black Panthers Ten Point Program:
The Condition of Black Life is one of Mourning by Claudia Rankine: "no living while black."
Freedom- Beyonce Alright-Kendrick Lamar Hell you Talmbout- Janelle Monae ft. Wondaland Records Glory-John Legend and Commons Be Free-Jcole The Charade-D'angelo and the Vanguards All of these songs contain powerful messages behind their lyrics speaking out against racial inequality in America