Black leaders call for calm in Ferguson

Activists are asking protesters to clear the streets of the Missouri suburb where teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by police.

Tue, 19 Aug, 2014 - 08:19

Activists are asking protesters to clear the streets of the Missouri suburb where teenager Michael Brown was shot dead by police.

Leaders of the Nation of Islam and other black activist groups working to calm tensions in Ferguson urged demonstrators to leave at sunset amid the National Guard’s arrival.

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