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Ferguson, Missouri

Index Ferguson, Missouri

Ferguson is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. [1]

85 relations: African Americans, Asian Americans, Associated Press, Black, Castle Point, Missouri, Central Time Zone, Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Christian, City manager, Delrish Moss, Direct election, Drug Abuse Resistance Education, Emerson Electric, Enos Slaughter, Federal Information Processing Standards, Ferguson Municipal Public Library, Ferguson Police Department (Missouri), Ferguson unrest, Ferguson-Florissant School District, Florissant, Missouri, Geographic Names Information System, Grammy Award, Greater St. Louis, Harry J. Tuthill, Hazelwood, Missouri, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Hogan's Alley (magazine), Humid continental climate, Humid subtropical climate, James Knowles III, Jay Nixon, Jennings, Missouri, KMOV, List of counties in Missouri, List of Governors of Missouri, List of sovereign states, Marriage, Maryland Heights, Missouri, Maury Travis, Mayor, McCluer South-Berkeley High School, Michael McDonald (musician), Missouri, Missouri National Guard, Municipal corporation, Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County, Native Americans in the United States, NBC News, Neighborhood watch, North American Aerospace Defense Command, ..., North American Numbering Plan, Population density, Pro tempore, ProPublica, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Ralph Eberhart, School resource officer, Sentoryū Henri, September 11 attacks, Shooting of Michael Brown, Spanish Lake, Missouri, St. Ann, Missouri, St. Louis, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Community College–Florissant Valley, St. Louis County, Missouri, Sumo, Susan Notorangelo, The Bungle Family, The New York Times, Tyron Woodley, U.S. state, Ultimate Fighting Championship, United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Justice, United States Geological Survey, University City, Missouri, Voter turnout, Vox Media, Wabash Railroad, Washington, D.C., White people, Wildwood House (Ferguson, Missouri), ZIP Code, 2010 United States Census. Expand index (35 more) »

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Black

Black is the darkest color, the result of the absence or complete absorption of visible light.

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Castle Point, Missouri

Castle Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Challenger Center for Space Science Education

Challenger Center for Space Science Education is a United States 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC.

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Christian

A Christian is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a council–manager form of city government.

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Delrish Moss

Delrish Moss is a law enforcement veteran appointed in March 2016 as Police Chief of Ferguson Police Department (Missouri) of Ferguson, Missouri a suburb of St. Louis known for racial unrest.

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Direct election

Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the person, persons, or political party that they desire to see elected.

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Drug Abuse Resistance Education

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) is an education program that seeks to prevent use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior.

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Emerson Electric

The Emerson Electric Company is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Ferguson, Missouri, United States.

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Enos Slaughter

Enos Bradsher Slaughter (April 27, 1916 – August 12, 2002), nicknamed "Country", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States federal government for use in computer systems by non-military government agencies and government contractors.

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Ferguson Municipal Public Library

Ferguson Municipal Public Library is an American public library located in Ferguson, Missouri.

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Ferguson Police Department (Missouri)

The Ferguson Police Department is a law enforcement agency serving Ferguson, Missouri.

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Ferguson unrest

The Ferguson unrest involved protests and riots that began the day after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri.

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Ferguson-Florissant School District

The Ferguson-Florissant School District (FFSD) is a public school district located in Greater St. Louis and in Missouri.

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Florissant, Missouri

Florissant is a second-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in northern St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its territories.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Greater St. Louis

Greater St.

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Harry J. Tuthill

Harry J. Tuthill (May 10, 1885–January 25, 1957)was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Bungle Family.

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Hazelwood, Missouri

Hazelwood is a second-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in northwestern St. Louis County, Missouri.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic Americans and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos) are people in the United States who are descendants of people from countries of Latin America and Spain.

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Hogan's Alley (magazine)

Hogan's Alley, a publication devoted to comic art, is subtitled the magazine of the cartoon arts.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate (Köppen prefix D and a third letter of a or b) is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, which is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) winters.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and mild to cool winters.

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James Knowles III

James Wallace Knowles III (born 1979) is an American politician.

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Jay Nixon

Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 55th Governor of Missouri from 2009 to 2017 as a member of the Democratic Party.

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Jennings, Missouri

Jennings is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.

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KMOV

KMOV, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 24), is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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List of counties in Missouri

There are 114 counties and one independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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List of Governors of Missouri

Following is a list of Governors of Missouri since its territory became part of the United States.

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List of sovereign states

This list of sovereign states provides an overview of sovereign states around the world, with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between those spouses, as well as between them and any resulting biological or adopted children and affinity (in-laws and other family through marriage).

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Maryland Heights, Missouri

Maryland Heights is a second-ring west-central suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.

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Maury Travis

Maury Troy Travis (October 25, 1965 – June 10, 2002) was an American serial killer who killed himself in a St. Louis county jail, after being arrested for murder.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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McCluer South-Berkeley High School

McCluer South-Berkeley High School is a secondary school located at 201 Brotherton Lane in the city of Ferguson, Missouri a suburb of St. Louis.

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Michael McDonald (musician)

Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboardist and record producer.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Missouri National Guard

The Missouri National Guard (1808-present) is a component of the Missouri Department of Public Safety and the National Guard of the United States.

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Municipal corporation

A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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Municipal Library Consortium of St. Louis County

The Municipal Library Consortium of St.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, also known as American Indians, Indians, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the indigenous peoples of the United States.

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NBC News

NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC, formerly known as the National Broadcasting Company when it was founded on radio.

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Neighborhood watch

A neighborhood watch or neighbourhood watch (see spelling differences), also called a crime watch or neighbourhood crime watch, is an organized group of civilians devoted to crime and vandalism prevention within a neighborhood.

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North American Aerospace Defense Command

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Northern America.

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North American Numbering Plan

The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan that encompasses 25 distinct regions in twenty countries primarily in North America, including the Caribbean and the U.S. territories.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock and standing crop) is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume; it is a quantity of type number density.

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Pro tempore

Pro tempore, abbreviated pro tem or p.t., is a Latin phrase which best translates to "for the time being" in English.

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ProPublica

ProPublica is an American nonprofit organization based in New York City.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States Census

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin (the only categories for ethnicity).

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Ralph Eberhart

General Ralph Edward "Ed" Eberhart (born December 6, 1946) was commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

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School resource officer

The United States Department of Justice defines School resource officers (SRO) as “sworn law enforcement officers responsible for safety and crime prevention in schools.” SROs are typically employed by a local police or sheriff's agency and work closely with administrators in an effort to create a safer environment for both students and staff.

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Sentoryū Henri

Henry Armstrong Miller (born July 16, 1969) is a former sumo wrestler, raised in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, who competed under the shikona.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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Shooting of Michael Brown

The shooting of Michael Brown occurred on, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, a northern suburb of.

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Spanish Lake, Missouri

Spanish Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.

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St. Ann, Missouri

St.

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St. Louis

St.

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St. Louis Cardinals

The St.

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St. Louis Community College–Florissant Valley

St.

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St. Louis County, Missouri

St.

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Sumo

or sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (dohyō) or into touching the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet.

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Susan Notorangelo

Susan Notorangelo is an American long distance cyclist.

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The Bungle Family

The Bungle Family was an American gag-a-day comic strip, created by Harry J. Tuthill, that first appeared in 1918.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Tyron Woodley

Tyron Lakent Woodley (born April 7, 1982) is an American professional mixed martial artist, broadcast analyst and actor who is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada, that is owned and operated by parent company William Morris Endeavor.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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University City, Missouri

University City (colloquially, U. City) is an inner-ring suburb of the city of St. Louis in St. Louis County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

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Voter turnout

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election.

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Vox Media

Vox Media is an American digital media company founded on July 14, 2005 as SportsBlogs Inc.

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Wabash Railroad

Norfolk Southern Railway The Wabash Railroad was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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White people

White people is a racial classification specifier, used mostly for people of European descent; depending on context, nationality, and point of view, the term has at times been expanded to encompass certain persons of North African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian descent, persons who are often considered non-white in other contexts.

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Wildwood House (Ferguson, Missouri)

Wildwood House in Ferguson, Missouri is an Italianate style house built in 1857.

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ZIP Code

ZIP Codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS) since 1963.

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2010 United States Census

The 2010 United States Census (commonly referred to as the 2010 Census) is the twenty-third and most recent United States national census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferguson,_Missouri

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