This Powerful Photo Is the Perfect Response to the Michael Brown Shooting

Days after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by police in Ferguson, Mo., years of racial tension have finally come to an explosive head.

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This isn't the first time Howard students have staged a powerful protest after the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager: The Howard University College of Medicine took the photo below in response to the death of Trayvon Martin (it was posted by actor George Takei in July of 2013).