“In a post-Ferguson world, young black activists were eager to work outside the system. “I voted for Barack Obama twice,” Tef Poe said that evening. “And still got teargassed.” A seat at the table, the new generation of black activists… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share Image
“We fall into the fallacy of believing we can litigate the complicated story before us into a black-and-white binary of good guys and bad… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“The theory is that legitimacy can only be earned through a long-suffering and constant presence. But that view is limiting in that it forecloses… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“A shortsighted framing, divorced from historical context, led us to litigate and relitigate each specific detail of the shooting without fully grasping the groundswell… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“Power is never given, it's taken." It is an open secret that there exists a conflict between a new generation of young black leadership… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“And by focusing on the character of the victim, we inadvertently take the focus off the powerful and instead train our eyes and judgment… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“Ferguson would birth a movement and set the nation on a course for a still-ongoing public hearing on race that stretched far past the… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“As President Obama's second term toiled on, it became increasingly clear that talk of a postracial America was no more than cheap political punditry.” — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“The role of the press in the civil rights movement also points to our larger failure as a nation to validate and trust the… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“There is nothing that can prepare a family for the heart-clenching shock of losing one of their own. And time and time again, those… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“The protests had created a countermovement of skepticism, anger and hate, driven by some who genuinely believed that the coverage of Ferguson was overblown… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“If it doesn't matter how the police -- the system -- treats you, does it matter how you treat them?” — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“Justice is a hard concept to wrestle with when your eyes are filled with scenes of death.” — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“Every social movement must grapple with the generational and tactical divides that arise between varying groups and factions that comprise the ground troops.” — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“In a post-Ferguson world, young black activists were eager to work outside the system. “I voted for Barack Obama twice,” Tef Poe said that… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
“As was the case in Ferguson, the media became as much a motivating factor as the death itself. While cable news talking heads often… — Wesley Lowery Copy Share
