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EPISODE · Jul 17, 2015 · 19 MIN

007: Poems From the Aftermath of Ferguson, One Year Later

from Literature for the Halibut

Nearly one year ago, Michael Brown's death had a seismic impact on the way people in St. Louis think about race relations. Nicky Rainey invited several prominent local poets to KDHX's studios to record pieces that were written in the aftermath of the shooting and the protests that followed. Here she shares eight of those poems that speak to how the average local citizen was affected by the tragedy.

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