Canfield Drive by Matthew Knox Averett - 9780826223395

Name: Canfield Drive by Matthew Knox Averett - 9780826223395
Brand: University of Missouri Press

University of Missouri Press

Canfield DriveA History of Race and the American City on a Street in St. Louis\nAuthor(s): Matthew Knox Averett\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Missouri Press, United States\nImprint: University of Missouri Press\nISBN-13: 9780826223395, 978-0826223395\nSynopsis\nWinner of the 2026 Missouri Conference on History Book Award\n\nOn August 9, 2014, Michael Brown and a friend were walking down Canfield Drive, a residential street in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. There, they encountered Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Moments later, Brown was dead on the streetshot by Wilson at least six times. That evening, a memorial appeared on the pavement where he had fallen. In the days that followed, vigils turned into protests, and protests into an Uprising, as police in riot gear faced off with a grieving, outraged community. For nearly two weeks, Ferguson commanded the nations attention. The killing of Michael Brown was an outrage and it should not have [url] Canfield Drive.