Beginning in August 2014, after the killing of Michael Brown, activists in Ferguson, Missouri forced a nation to pay attention to the epidemic of police violence against African Americans. Ferguson was central to the mainstreaming of what is now commonly referred to as the Black Lives Matter...Show full record
African Americans, African American History, Information Technology, Ferguson, Social Media, Black Lives Matter, Protest Movements, Civil Rights, Research Ethics, Library Science, Social Media Archiving, African American Culture
African Americans and other marginalized people are some of the earliest adopters and heaviest users of social media platforms. From #Ferguson to #BlackLivesMatter, they use these platforms to come together around shared culture, to generate new narratives, to engage with the public without...Show full record
African American History, African American Culture, Library Science, Information Technology, Research Ethics, African Americans, Black Lives Matter, Social Media Archiving, Ferguson, Social Media
Creator:
Documenting the Now
Contributor:
Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson, Dr. Sarah Jackson, Dr. Mark Anthony Neal
Publisher:
Documenting the Now Project, Washington University in St. Louis
