Michael Brown Sr. (center) leads a solidarity march outside Normandy High School on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Normandy to mark the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.’s killing by police. In 2014, his son, Michael Brown Jr., was killed by Ferguson police just days after graduating from high school.
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On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr. was shot and killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Brown’s body lay in the street for hours before protests erupted in the northern St. Louis County town and across the country. The moment became a flashpoint, sparking renewed calls for justice against police brutality and an emphasis on support for the black community.
Michael Brown Sr. and his wife, Cal Brown, founded Choosing Change to turn their pain into purpose.
The nonprofit runs numerous community programs to support families who have lost a child.
Brown Jr.’s mother, Lezley McSpadden, also founded the Michael O.D. Brown We Love Our Sons and Daughters Foundation after her son’s death.
Brown Sr. led a miles-long solidarity march Friday from Normandy High School, where Brown Jr. graduated eight days before he was killed, to Canfield Avenue, the site of his son’s death.
“I will never let the world forget my son,” he told St. Louis Public Radio on Friday. “We wanted to show what he was doing before the hashtag.”
Just look at the parade.
Protesters take to the streets during a solidarity march.
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Trinaya’ Walker, 22, holds her 6-year-old daughter Bobbie Ann Atkins during the solidarity march.
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Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in a unity march to mark the 10th anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson.
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Ebony Williams, 33, of The Village, shouted “Say his name!” during a solidarity march marking the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown Jr.’s police killing in Ferguson. ”.
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Adara Ameer, 19, of Florissant, was waiting for a solidarity march to mark the 10th anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson.
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Cornel West, left, speaks at a memorial service commemorating Brown Jr. ten years after he was killed by police on Canfield Avenue in Ferguson. Pictured at right, demonstrators placed a thousand blue roses along Canfield Avenue, where Michael Brown Jr. was killed.
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Protesters held solidarity marches through the streets to mark the 10th anniversary of the police killing of Michael Brown Jr.
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Roland Garner, 39, of St. Joseph, Missouri, joined hundreds of demonstrators in the solidarity march.
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Angelique Kidd, 51, of Ferguson, protested during the solidarity march.
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Andrew Joseph, 50, chanted during a solidarity march in Tampa, Florida.
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Demonstrators placed a thousand blue roses along Canfield Avenue, where Michael Brown Jr. was killed.
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Clara Holmes, 55, of north St. Louis, was heading to Canfield Drive.
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U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis County, put her arm around Michael Brown Sr.
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Andrew Joseph, 50, of Tampa, Florida, remembers the death of Michael Brown Jr. with his father, Michael Brown Sr.
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Community activists raised their fists as Michael Brown Sr., wearing a St. Louis Cardinals cap, wiped his face.
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