Ferguson’s decentralized protest model rejected conventional march permits and charismatic leaders

Evidence

More than a thousand people staged an improvised sit-in on campus. This was not Sharpton’s traditional march with its government permits and his $20,000 Porta-Potties. It was creative civil disobedience, which drew on the unique skill sets of this generation of activists. Leaders emerged in the moment. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 592

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the leaderless/organizing distinction in Occupy and later readings of Movement for Black Lives strategy.