The Historical Context of the Ferguson Riots
Category: BLACK VOICES
What is happening in Ferguson is a result of the unfinished business of the civil-rights movement. The process is unjust, and laws have been systematically stripped away, undoing many of the provisions that protected minorities from white terror. Many blacks feel they have been denied all legitimate means of civic redress; thus they have no other appropriate venue to express their angst.
By Darron T. Smith, Ph.D., ContributorProfessor, 2014-12-03