The Board of Equalization’s (BOE) unwillingness to even consider a process that would not unfairly or adversely affect minority communities so negatively is tantamount to former [Alabama] Gov. George Wallace’s words at his 1963 inauguration speech: “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”
(pictured above: Family members touch Michael Brown’s copper-top vault during his burial at St. Peter’s Cemetery in Normandy, Mo.) Ministers want to engage community in talks about Ferguson and other topics