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An undated personal photo of Trayvon Martin wearing a hoodie was displayed by protesters and sold by merchants on hoodies, T-shirts, and keychains, prompting the family to trademark slogans using his name. [7] Trayvon Benjamin Martin was the son of Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, who were divorced in 1999.
St. Thomas University in Florida renamed their College of Law after Crump in 2023. Benjamin L. Crump College of Law is the only law school in the country named after a currently practicing African American lawyer and the second in the country to be named after an African American.
Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton at an event in 2012. Martin was born in 1995 in Miami, Florida, to Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, who divorced in 1999.At the time of the shooting, Fulton was a program coordinator for the Miami Dade Housing Authority, and Tracy Martin was a truck driver; they lived near each other in Miami Gardens.
A decade ago, the shooting death of Martin in Sanford, Florida, sparked a national debate over the value of self-defense laws that authorize citizens to "stand your ground."
The killing of this baby-faced, hoodie-wearing, unarmed Black teenager at the hands of a stranger in a suburb of Orlando still reverberates 10 years later.
State of Florida v. George Zimmerman was a criminal prosecution of George Zimmerman on the charge of second-degree murder stemming from the killing of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012. On April 11, 2012, George Zimmerman, a Hispanic, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a Black teenager.
Trayvon Martin’s final night began with a convenience store run, a quick trip for candy and something to drink. “It was the thing that broke everybody, all at the same time,” said Nailah ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Trayvon Martin’s final night began with a convenience store run, a quick trip for candy and The post Trayvon Martin, 10 years later: Teen’s death changes nation appeared ...