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by Julie Walker onFebruary 27, 2013
The teen's parents, along with actor Jamie Foxx, held a vigil at New York City's Union Square.
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by Lyla Bugara onFebruary 27, 2013
In honor of Trayvon Martin's life, ColorOfChange.org blogger Lyla Bugara highlights a video by the civil rights group calling on all of us to redouble our efforts in the fight for justice in his case and beyond.
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by Edward Wyckoff Williams onFebruary 27, 2013
A year after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin, the defendant's press blitz is paying off.
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by Julie Walker onFebruary 27, 2013
On a sad anniversary, here's what he, Sybrina Fulton and Jamie Foxx said in New York City.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onFebruary 26, 2013
On the one-year anniversary of the Florida teen's death, his brother plans to indulge in one of Trayvon's favorite pastimes.
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by Jonathan Capehart onFebruary 26, 2013
Sybrina Fulton reflects on the year since the shooting death of her son Trayvon Martin with the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart, saying that she is "still in disbelief" over his death.
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by Lynette Holloway onFebruary 25, 2013
On the first anniversary of the Florida teen's death, a look at 16 major events in the controversial case.
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by Lynette Holloway onFebruary 25, 2013
A year later, Sybrina Fulton fights for change in "Stand your ground" laws.
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by Marian Wright Edelman onFebruary 25, 2013
For the Huffington Post, Children's Defense Fund President Marian Wright Edelman compares the number of gun violence deaths to the number of lynching victims in the 1800s, with surprising results.
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by Lynette Holloway onFebruary 22, 2013
Defense wants to question the 17-year-old Trayvon was talking to the night he was killed Plus: Trayvon's parents to sue Zimmerman for wrongful death?
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