Filming in Ferguson: 100 days | 100 seconds
In his 100-second documentary, Ferguson resident and filmmaker Christopher Phillips captures the first 100 days in Ferguson since the death of Michael Brown.
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Black Lives Matter
Decades after the civil rights movement fought for formal racial equality, a new generation of activists struggles against persistent discrimination, disadvantage, and open violence.
“Stop Shooting Us”: Recapturing the Civil Rights Movement in Ferguson, Missouri
The youth of Ferguson took a courageous stand against systemic racism and launched a historic national movement.
Documenting and Participating in History in the Making
Soon after the killing of Michael Brown and the protests in Ferguson, several scholars formed the Ferguson Research-Action Collaborative. The aims of the project are twofold: To study protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, and thus to contribute to the struggle for racial justice in the US.
From Du Bois to Black Lives Matter
One of W.E.B. Du Bois’ most powerful ideas was also most discomforting to the establishment: A belief in rigorous scholarship that was also engaged in the project of political transformation. It’s a legacy we ought to reclaim.
Keep It Contentious
If #BlackLivesMatter matters, it will partly be due to its disruptive tactics.