Garrett Albert Duncan

Police officers watch as demonstrators protest the death of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 12, 2014.

As suburban St. Louis boils, the city confronts a difficult history with race

Conflict

Racial tensions are not new in St. Louis, but they’ve certainly been put on international display the past few days. But on local professor says the current crisis has little change of igniting long-term change.Racial tensions are not new in St. Louis, but they’ve certainly been put on international display the past few days. But on local professor says the current crisis has little change of igniting long-term change.