The Ferguson Commission Collection

Collection

Identifier: A3067

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains four items collected at the ceremony in which Gov. Jay Nixon signed an executive order creating the Ferguson Commission. It includes the five page press release listing the 16 members of the Commission, its task, its budget, and two pages of frequently asked questions. There is a program for the Ferguson Commission with photographs and brief biographies of all 16 members and the pen that Gov. Nixon used to sign the executive order. After the ceremony, Gov. Nixon sent a handwritten thank you note to Missouri History Museum president, Frances Levine.

Dates

2014

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for reearch use.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, quote from, or reproduce material in this collection, please contact the Archives Reference Desk at archives@mohistory.org. Copyright restrictions may apply. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of copyright.

Historical Sketch

On 9 August 2014, a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer fatally shot an unarmed Michael Brown. The event sparked a reinvigorated movement focusing on issues of social justice that resonated throughout the region and nation and also attracted international attention.

In a ceremony at the Missouri History Museum on 18 November 2014, Governor Jay Nixon signed an executive order creating a sixteen-member Ferguson Commission. The Commission was given a September 2015 deadline to issue a report with policy recommendations in the following areas: citizen-law enforcement interaction and relation; racial and ethnic relations; municipal government organization and the municipal court system; and disparities in areas including education, economic opportunity, housing, transportation, health care, child care, business ownership, and family and community stability.

The Commission’s report, meeting transcripts, news stories, and research presentations related to its work can be found at StL Positive Change: The Ferguson Commission. The report is also available at the Forward Through Ferguson web site, the group that continues to work for the recommendations set forth by the Ferguson Commission. Also see Forward through Ferguson : A Path Toward Racial Equity in the Missouri Historical Society Library (MO/9.11/F3812fc).

Extent

0.04 Cubic Feet ( (4 items))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Physical and Technical Requirements

There are no physical or technical restrictions.

Donor Information

The items were collected by staff following an event at the Museum History Museum (accession number 2014-167).

Related Materials

See also the printed copy of the pdf file of The Ferguson Commission report, Forward through Ferguson : A Path Toward Racial Equity in the Missouri Historical Society Library (MO/9.11/F3812fc).