Fergerson elects two blacks to city council

Al Jazeera America - Two black candidates were elected to the Ferguson City Council on Tuesday, increasing African-American representation in the St. Louis suburb where poor race relations have been a focal point since the August shooting death of an 18-year-old black man by a white police officer. The election means that half of the six-member city council in Ferguson, a town where two-thirds of the 21,000 residents are black, will now be African-American. The lone black incumbent councilman was not up for re-election. The mayor, who has the authority to cast tie-breaking votes, is white.