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Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago’

By Mark Memmott “When Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son,” President Obama told reporters Friday afternoon. “Another way of saying that was Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” In extensive … Continue reading

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This Is ‘What It’s Like To Be A Black Man’

This letter was written by Alex Fraser and shared by Lance Gross on his Instagram account.

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‘Neighborhood Watch’ Groups Like Zimmerman’s and in Much of the Deep South Are Hardly Different Than Slave Patrols of Old

By Thom Hartmann George Zimmerman kept close watch over his neighborhood. When Black men walked or even drove through the area, he alerted the police, over and over and over again. Finally, exasperated that “they always” got away, he went … Continue reading

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