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The crowd that filled Christ Church Cathedral in downtown Saint Louis was growing restless. Lesley McSpadden, the keynote speaker and mother of Michael Brown, slain by a white police officer in nearby Ferguson two years before, was waiting patiently for everyone to arrive.

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Thunderstorms delayed latecomers still streaming into the church.

As the crowd noise echoed between the stone columns and walls, McSpadden sat in a room off the chapel, flanked by friends, a public relations team, and the co-writer of her autobiography, Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil.

McSpadden looked worn and anxious; it had been a long day that included jetting off to New York and back to appear on a nationally-syndicated radio show. Still new to book tours and public speaking, this would be the first time she talked about her son’s death in front of a hometown crowd.

Since her son's killing, McSpadden's life has taken once-unimaginable turns. She has sta