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Youths walk past a mural calling for peace in Ferguson, Mo., on a building up the street from the city's police department a day before the grand jury decision was announced.

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Book News: Despite The Tumult, Ferguson Library Keeps Its Doors Open

7:35am June 19, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

Even as public schools in the area closed amid protests, the Ferguson Public Library stayed open for local students and readers. Onlookers have responded with an outpouring of donations.

A number of state lawmakers have passed bills to bolster body cameras or have more streamlined investigations of police shootings. But State Rep. Michael Butler (D-St. Louis) says, "Folks in Missouri are afraid to have the race conversation."

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Missouri Slow To Advance A Post-Ferguson Agenda

11:22am June 13, 2015

by Jason Rosenbaum

While several states have passed new laws aimed to curb excessive force by police, there's been surprisingly little traction in Missouri, where Michael Brown's death spurred international protests.

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Michael Brown's Parents File Civil Suit Against Ferguson And Former Officer

5:34pm April 23, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The wrongful death lawsuit names Darren Wilson, the former police officer who shot Brown, 18, last August. It does not name a specific monetary amount in potential damages.

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin addresses a crowd of protesters on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Madison, Wis., during a protest of the shooting death of Tony Robinson.

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Racial Tension Draws Parallels, But Madison Is No Ferguson

11:03pm March 11, 2015

by Gilman Halsted

There are stark differences between what happened in Madison, Wis., and the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. But protesters say racism is still at the root of Tony Robinson's shooting death.

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The Ferguson, Mo., police department is criticized in a new Justice Department report. The department says there is no evidence to warrant civil rights charges over the death of Michael Brown last August.

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Ferguson Report: Former Officer Won't Face Civil Rights Charges

7:00pm March 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

While Darren Wilson will avoid federal charges for the death of Michael Brown, the Justice Department did find racial bias in the Ferguson, Mo., police and justice system.

People rally in Union Square before marching through the street in protest to the Ferguson grand jury decision to not indict officer Darren Wilson in the Michael Brown case.

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Ferguson Documents: Justice Investigation Backs Former Officer Wilson

4:34pm March 04, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The grand jury documents left doubt, but federal investigators say they found "no credible evidence to disprove [Officer Darren] Wilson's perception that Brown posed a threat."

Locks were put on mailboxes across from the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, Mo., Monday, in anticipation of the grand jury's decision.

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Ferguson Jury: No Charges For Officer In Michael Brown's Death

4:57pm January 27, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

"No probable cause exists" to file any indictments against police Officer Darren Wilson, St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch said Monday night.

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The sixth-grade students at Shabazz Public School Academy in Lansing, Mich., spent the semester studying the events surrounding the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

Classroom Reflections On America's Race Relations

7:41pm January 26, 2015

by Jennifer Guerra

A middle-school classroom in Michigan takes on the complicated issue of race and justice in society. The students, all of whom are black, worry what happened to Trayvon Martin could happen to them.

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Demonstrators remember Michael Brown on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, marching from the apartment complex where Brown was killed to the Ferguson police station. A federal inquiry has found no evidence that officer Darren Wilson violated Brown's civil rights

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Justice Dept. Will Reportedly Clear Ferguson Police Officer In Brown Case

5:56pm January 21, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The Justice Department is poised to declare that former police officer Darren Wilson should not face civil rights charges over the death of Michael Brown, sources tell NPR.

President Obama responds to a question from NPR's Steve Inskeep on Dec. 17 in the Oval Office.

Here's Why Obama Said The U.S. Is 'Less Racially Divided'

6:05pm December 30, 2014

by Steve Inskeep

The president says incidents in the past year have "surfaced" long-simmering issues between minority communities and authorities, allowing for a healthy airing of grievances.

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