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Hannah Giorgios

Parishioners hold hands during church services at the Greater St. Mark Family Church as the community discusses reactions to the shooting of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 17, 2014.

After Ferguson, one woman urges her fellow African immigrants to see themselves simply as black

Culture

The unrest this month in Ferguson, Mo., has many Americans thinking about where we are as a country when it comes to race. One Ethiopian-American writer is urging her fellow African immigrants to be “Ferguson strong” and identify closely with African Americans.