Ferguson Revisited: Questioning the Legend
If we misremember Michael Brown’s death, does that change Ferguson’s legacy?
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Episode Notes
There are two stories of what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, the day Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson: the story we heard immediately after, and the story we came to know months later.
In the second part of our three-part series, we ask: If we misremember Michael Brown’s death, does that change Ferguson’s legacy?
Guest: John McWhorter, writer, professor, and host of Lexicon Valley.
Listen to the first part of our series, “The Worst Night.”
This episode is part of Ferguson Revisited, a series from What Next looking back at Michael Brown’s death, the protests that followed, and their legacy five years later.
