10 years ago, Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a white police officer in #Ferguson, Missouri.
His death sparked a global movement calling for police accountability.
Years since have seen continuous misconduct from malice to murder — each one proof of the deep-seated issues that still plague the US and increase the grief of black parents and communities. https://theconversation.com/police-antiblack-violence-235643 #Histodons@histodons#BlackMastodon@blackmastodon
Explore the darker side of the Ferguson Collection
With Hallowe’en just behind us, in the first of a series of spooky-themed blog posts by the University of Glasgow Archives & Special Collections, we delve into 19th century literature on the occult. In this article we look at Sir Walter Scott’s (famed writer of Ivanhoe) conception of the supernatural, before moving on to explore the significance of a rare anthology of ghost stories https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/the-darker-side-of-the-ferguson-collection-part-1/