10 Years After Ferguson: What Does It Mean to Be the Church?

Iyanla Vanzant pours holy water on the shrine to Michael Brown where he was shot and killed in the Canfield Apartments on  Aug. 20, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. 

Ten years ago, Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo. Young people gathered at the local police station refusing to accept this as just another “unfortunate incident.” They demanded answers and accountability; their determined stance sparked a movement for racial justice that this nation had not experienced in decades.

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