Witness to History turns to Ashely Yates, one of the most critical organizers of Ferguson, Missouri’s 180-day resistance movement that began following the killing of Michael Brown, Jr.,
Ferguson, Missouri, August 2014 Source: Scott Olson / Getty Everyone who took to the Ferguson, Missouri, streets beginning on Aug. 9, 2014, called 44-year-old Julia Boure, Momma Julia.
Source: Anadolu Agency / Getty The 2024 season of Urban One’s iOne Digital podcast series, Witness to History, proudly opens with Dr. Cornel West, our treasured scholar and
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Getty In recognition of the 10th anniversary of both the brutal public execution of 18-year-old Michael Brown, Jr., by former Ferguson police officer,
Brown family attorney, Benjamin L. Crump, speaks to the media along with Lesley McSpadden (L) and Michael Brown Sr. (R) during a press conference outside the St. Louis
Source: MICHAEL B. THOMAS / Getty N inety seconds. That’s what Michael Brown was given on August 9th, 2014, 10 years ago today. From the first second that
Lesley McSpadden, mother of slain 18-year-old Michael Brown, speaks during a press conference at Jennings Mason Temple Church of God In Christ, on August 11, 2014, in Jennings,