Eyewitness accounts broadcast widely have helped keep the pot boiling amid claims that Mr. Brown had his hands up when he was gunned down Aug. 9.

People in the small predominantly black city near St. Louis began rioting and looting after the Saturday shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr.

The Army is reducing its officer corps and the forced culling is taking a bigger toll on black officers than those of any other ethnic group, according to Army personnel documents.

A new study suggests that public support for harsh criminal justice policies rises if those policies ensure more black people are kept behind bars.

President Obama is promoting business relationships between the United States and African countries.