She walked right past me to welcome the white woman behind us . Ferguson , a black woman and lawyer , lives in a suburb live 12 miles from Kimberly Norwood . She has been ignored or seen as shoplifting risk in stores , as has her young daughter . She notified police when her sons were walking to school so they would n't harass them . Norwood hopes Ferguson will start conversation on black Americans ' 2015 experiences .
Ferguson , a black woman and lawyer , lives in a suburb live 12 miles from Kimberly Norwood . She has been ignored or seen as shoplifting risk in stores , as has her young daughter . She notified police when her sons were walking to school so they would n't harass them . Norwood hopes Ferguson will start conversation on black Americans ' 2015 experiences .