A year ago today, Black Twitter was abuzz with the news about Michael Brown. From the get-go, many of us knew that this murder would not be like the others. What manifested in full form was the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Twitter users used the hashtag #FergusonTaughtMe, started by @LeslieMac, to reflect. Check out some of these tweets to see what many black Americans learned from this experience.

https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/630461766900781056

https://twitter.com/BlvckConscious/status/630474869407248384

https://twitter.com/KeshRue/status/630423379779133440

What did Ferguson teach you? Let us know in the comments.


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