Ferguson shows resilience 10 years after the shooting of Michael Brown

Ferguson Mayor Ella Jones shows her support for the businesses in Historic Downtown Ferguson with the representatives of National League of Cities Tour (NLC) on May 14, 2024 in the Historic Downtown Ferguson. Photo courtesy of National League of Cities (NLC) by Devored A. Horton Jr.| The St. Louis American & The St. Louis American Comcast-NBC Universal Fellow Devored A. Horton was a high school senior when high school graduate, college bound 18-year-old African American, Mike Brown was shot and killed by white police officer Darren Wilson in his neighborhood in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014. Horton reflects on Ferguson and the St. Louis region ten years later in this special St. Louis American series “Ferguson 10 years after.” SaveFerguson Mayor Ella Jones shows her support for the businesses in Historic Downtown Ferguson with the representatives of National League of Cities Tour (NLC) on May 14, 2024 in the Historic Downtown Ferguson. & & When Ferguson made national news 10 years ago, there was little positive news to report. The tragic death of 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr. at the hands of former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shocked the world and left a stain that some thought might last...