Civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri

Civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri

The city of Ferguson continues to be the site of clashes between police, members of The National Guard and protesters in the wake of the police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American man. Professors in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Political Science, and Geography, Planning and Environment can provide perspective on the ongoing unrest.

• The history of racial oppression in the United States and the tradition of civil protest movements aimed at providing equality for African-Americans
  
  Meir Amor – associate professor and graduate program director, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
  meir.amor@concordia.ca
  514-848-2424, ext. 2158
  
  
• The structural failings in the United States’ stated aims of racial equality dating back to the abolition of slavery
  Ara Karaboghossian – lecturer, Department of Political Science
  ara.karaboghossian@concordia.ca
  514-848-2424, ext. 2179
  
  
• Police violence in response to civil unrest. Rutland is one of the organizers of a public protest held in Montreal on August 18, in support of the protesters in Ferguson
  Ted Rutland – assistant professor, Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
  ted.rutland@concordia.ca
  514-848-2424, ext. 2053