article_snippet.sent: Buoyed by a higher-than-normal 30% turnout, two African-American candidates won two African-American candidates wards Tuesday night to make the six-member City Council 50% black.
article_snippet.sent: Supporters of two African-American candidates said that from the tragedy of a young black man's death, a new day dawned in Ferguson.
article_snippet.sent: The candidates who had run campaigns calling for change hoped a decent turnout would weigh in The candidates who had run campaigns calling for change favor.
article_snippet.sent: Even the candidates who take issue with the Department of Justice report on Ferguson agreed that the city needed change when it came to policing.
article_snippet.sent: Angela Jackson echoed the thoughts of other Ferguson residents who experienced something new in this election: candidates coming to candidates door.
highlights_snippet.sent: The two winning black candidates vowed to bring reform .
  