The docuseries examines the Black teenager’s life before vigilante George Zimmerman killed him, and the impact he had on the nation.
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Tribeca Film Festival hosts screening and Q&A for ‘Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story’ | New York Amsterdam News
Martin’s extrajudicial killing seemed to reopen a portal to history many had fought to shut tight—a time when the Klu Klux Klan routinely and with impunity killed Blacks in the South and across rural America in the 100 years from Reconstruction through the civil rights era.
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The ‘Ground’ in ‘Stand Your Ground’ Means Any Place a White Person Is Nervous
[two_fifth padding=”0 25px 0 10px”]BY Patricia J. Williams | PUB The Nation He looked dangerous. He looked like a suspect. He looked like he was reaching for a weapon. The officer feared for his life.[/two_fifth][three_fifth_last padding=”0 0px 0 10px”] This familiar litany was recited on the news more than once in this vexed summer—a time weighted […]
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New Play Explores Life, Legacy of Slain Teen Trayvon Martin
A play debuting at Philadelphia’s New Freedom Theatre will explore Trayvon Martin’s life and the moments before his death.
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