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In Ferguson, Missouri hundreds of people gathered this week to mark the two-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer. Brown\u2019s death sparked protests all over the country and led to a national conversation about policing in African-American communities. It also fueled the movement known as Black Lives Matter. We talk with Pastor Traci Blackmon of Christ the King United Church of Christ in suburban St. Louis, one of the leaders of Black Lives Matter.<\/p>\n

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“I always want to tell people that Ferguson erupted at a time when it had the eyes of the world on it, much like Birmingham, Alabama, which is where I\u2019m from\u2014when people saw from all over the country, all over the world what racial oppression looks like,\u201d says UCC Pastor Traci Blackmon, a Black Lives Matter leader. \u201cThat happened in Ferguson, too. 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