All posts tagged "trayvon martin"
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Trayvon Martin’s Memory Infuses Black History Month
On Februrary 5, Trayvon Martin should have celebrated his 29th birthday. It's a crime he's not here.
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Trayvon Martin’s Parents to discuss “Rest in Power” at Sixth and I
A new memoir timed with the fifth anniversary of the murder of the unarmed black teenager
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Twice as Good
Feb. 5 would have been Trayvon Martin's 19th birthday. Jordan Davis would have turned 19 on Feb. 16. There are too many other cases like...
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Change Is Good
My Facebook identity needs a change. For weeks, my profile photo has been the Trayvon Martin stylized black-and-white hoodie. My cover photo is Evgeny Feldman's...
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Crossing Color Lines
It feels weird how often I still find myself having to come out in little moments of my daily life — a random conversation with...
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Evolving Identity
In the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, his acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, 35 LGBT groups joined a ''call for justice.''...
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Zimmerman verdict pushes LGBT organizations to call for justice
A coalition of LGBT-rights organizations has called for justice for Trayvon Martin after a Florida jury on Saturday acquitted George Zimmerman of the teenager’s murder....
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Seeing Trayvon
The man who stalked and killed Trayvon Martin is cleared of all charges, and a flood of disbelief and outrage pours across my computer screen:...
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Everyday Racism
Since Saturday, when George Zimmerman was found ''not guilty'' of murder or manslaughter for killing Trayvon Martin, there has been outrage from the African-American community....
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Society's Integrated Steps
It's a relic from America's past: poor, lonely Mayella Ewell, illiterate and abused by her father, invents a chore to lure a handsome black man...
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Privilege Matters
That I've had a lot of experience of casual racism doesn't come as much of a surprise given my rural Southern background. I grew up...
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If I Had a Son
If you think we live in a post-racial society, look at the flood of hateful comments found by blogger Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs...
