(Reuters) – Board elections for the Ferguson, Missouri, school district are unfair to African-American voters, a judge ruled Monday, citing a reluctance by white voters to support black candidates in a city that has become the face of a fierce U.S. debate on race.

The mostly black suburb of St. Louis became the focus of international attention in 2014, after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, and left his body in the street for hours. The incident sparked protests around the country against police treatment of minorities, giving rise to the Black Lives Matter read more >>>

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