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Ferguson Evocative of Civil Rights Movement, Says Trinidadian Diaspora Blogger

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
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Posted 26 August 2014 11 years ago

What’s happened – and what is HAPPENING in Ferguson makes my heart hurt. The ache won’t go away. The anger won’t go away. We’re witnessing history in the making, and history repeating itself. What will be the lessons we learn this time? What scars will we bear?

Trinidadian diaspora blogger Afrobella says that “the whole world is watching” how the United States handles Ferguson.

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