“A shortsighted framing, divorced from historical context, led us to litigate and relitigate each specific detail of the shooting without fully grasping the groundswell of pain and frustration fuming from the pores of the people of Ferguson -- which also… — 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
