Video: Faith leaders in Ferguson, a view from within the protests

A unique look at faith, action from inside the protests.

Five children grab the attention of demonstrators outside the Ferguson police department. August 30, 2014

Saturday’s National March on Ferguson was largest daytime protest in Ferguson, Missouri since Michael Brown was shot.

McKendree University sociologist S.J. Creek was there. The video (just a couple of minutes) features some of her interviews with clergy and faith activists. It’s a unique look into what the protests are like on the ground. It was a hot, muggy–and even rainy–day. The protests were organized. Protestors held orange signs distributed by members of the Nation of Islam and followed a route that included the Canfield Green Apartments (to the very place where Michael Brown was shot and killed) and the Ferguson police station. S.J. gives a fresh look on the events from within the protests.


S.J. Creek is an assistant professor of sociology at McKendree University. S.J. research focuses on religious movements, identities, race/class/gender, and sexualities. You can follow S.J. on twitter at @holyunicorns1.

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