--- description: The city of Ferguson, Mo., has removed the improvised memorial for Michael Brown amid plans to have it replaced by a permanent plaque title: Michael Brown Memorial to Be Replaced With Permanent Plaque image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf69ce9f8a2418f6/69885117cd684839fd09ff96/black-lives-matter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Civil Rights](/tag/civil-rights/) ## Civil Rights Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Brown's Temporary Shrine Will Be Replaced With a Permanent Plaque by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2015 4:21 AM CUT  Volunteers Cheyenne Green, right, and Derrick Robinson help remove items left at a makeshift memorial to Michael Brown Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Volunteers Cheyenne Green, right, and Derrick Robinson help remove items left at a makeshift memorial to Michael Brown Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.Jeff Roberson—AP by [Kevin McSpadden](/author/kevin-mcspadden/) ## Kevin McSpadden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2015 4:21 AM CUT The city of Ferguson, Mo., [removed](http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/michael-brown-memorial-to-be-replaced-with-plaque/article%5F04e42ee6-de62-5d97-be1a-631a098d2566.html "undefined") on Wednesday an improvised shrine for Michael Brown and will have it replaced with a permanent plaque dedicated to the young man’s memory. The shrine emerged hours after Brown, a young black man, was fatally shot by white police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9\. It marks the spot he was killed and features stuffed animals, flowers and candles, which, according to the St. Louis _Post-Dispatch,_ will be stored by the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. “There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about my son,” said Michael Brown Sr., his father. “We’re just really trying to move forward.” The present temporary shrine has become a symbol for the “Black Lives Matter” civil rights movement, which was, to a certain degree, sparked by the death of Brown and the ensuing protests in Ferguson. The new plaque could be installed as early as Thursday. \[[_St. Louis Post-Dispatch_](http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/michael-brown-memorial-to-be-replaced-with-plaque/article%5F04e42ee6-de62-5d97-be1a-631a098d2566.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3891858/michael-brown-shrine-memorial-plaque-ferguson-police-black-lives-matter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3891858/michael-brown-shrine-memorial-plaque-ferguson-police-black-lives-matter/"},"headline":"Michael Brown's Temporary Shrine Will Be Replaced With a Permanent Plaque","datePublished":"2015-05-21T04:21:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:30:42.585Z","description":"It could be installed as early as Thursday","url":"https://time.com/3891858/michael-brown-shrine-memorial-plaque-ferguson-police-black-lives-matter/","keywords":["Civil Rights","police","U.S.","Ferguson topic","Michael Brown","darren wilson","#BlackLivesMatter","black lives matter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf69ce9f8a2418f6/69885117cd684839fd09ff96/black-lives-matter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin McSpadden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kevin-mcspadden/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbf69ce9f8a2418f6/69885117cd684839fd09ff96/black-lives-matter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Volunteers Cheyenne Green, right, and Derrick Robinson help remove items left at a makeshift memorial to Michael Brown Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.","caption":"Volunteers Cheyenne Green, right, and Derrick Robinson help remove items left at a makeshift memorial to Michael Brown Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo.","creditText":"Jeff Roberson—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/civil-rights/","name":"Civil Rights"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3891858/michael-brown-shrine-memorial-plaque-ferguson-police-black-lives-matter/","name":"Michael Brown's Temporary Shrine Will Be Replaced With a Permanent Plaque"}}]}] ```