Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. And in the streets of New York City, Los Angeles, Sanford (Florida), and many other cities around the nation, that famous Martin Luther King Jr. quote was more evident than ever. A day after 29-year-old George Zimmerman was acquitted in the murder of an unarmed, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, peaceful […]
I remember growing up and always hearing my parents and their friends talk about one pivotal moment in their lives. They remembered exactly where they were at that point. Exactly who told them the news. Exactly how they felt once it all sunk in. When President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, everyone who was alive during that […]
On Monday, a Florida judge dismissed the defamation claim filed against NBC by George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman’s lawsuit stated that NBC’s editing of the story covering the shooting of Martin made it sound as if he had voluntarily told an operator that Martin was black. Read more […]
Following comments Mark Cuban made this week about bigotry, where he voiced his fear of black men in hoodies, the Dallas Maverick owner took to Twitter to apologize to Trayvon Martin’s family for his insensitivity. “In hindsight I should have used different examples,” Cuban wrote. “I didn’t consider the Trayvon Martin family, and I apologize to them […]
Remember this guy? Frank Taaffe was George Zimmerman‘s best friend and former neighborhood watch co-worker who defended Zimmerman killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Today, Taaffe has had a change of heart. According to Gawker, Taaffe is working on his faith and relationship with God after experiencing a significant amount of loss in his family. Taaffe, who long identified himself as Zimmerman’s […]
Following comments Kobe Bryant made about black people rallying around Trayvon Martin because of the color of his skin, fellow basketball star Dwyane Wade had a different take. If you recall, Bryant spoke with author Ben McGrath for an in-depth article in The New Yorker where he said this about Wade and the rest of the Miami […]
This is interesting. Kobe Bryant, who has long commented on his position as an outsider in the African-American community due to his early upbringing in Europe, made some stirring and questionable comments about the death of Trayvon Martin in the March 31 edition of the New Yorker. In the profile, Ben McGrath brings up Trayvon […]
Article originally published in Solomonjones.com Dear Black Boys: I pray that one day we can say with a conscious mind, “It’s okay. You’re safe.” What does the bullet say to the living when it penetrates the skin? How does the spiral move through the flesh as it digs deeper into breath? What’s worse—dying because you were […]
George Zimmerman wants America to know the real him…we suppose. According to the Orlando Sentinel, Zimmerman has teamed up with his divorce attorneys to create a special video that gives the world a chance to get to know the real George. “I would love for people just to have a clean slate, just no prejudice, […]
On Tuesday, members of The Dream Defenders, an organization directed by black and brown youth who combat systemic inequality, gathered to confront Florida lawmakers at the Capitol, expressing their concerns over the hyper-incarceration of minorities and laws, like the controversial Stand Your Ground measure, that begets legal violence against these groups. On the first day of […]
A mall in Indiana is under fire after they posted a sign that requested all patrons lower their hooded sweatshirts when entering the establishment. Because, you know…hoodies are dangerous. Not gun-wielding volunteer neighborhood watchmen with an unreasonable fear of little black boys. The signs read, “For the safety and well-being of everyone, please lower your hoodie,” […]
Admitting that a change in Florida’s controversial Stand Your Ground law could have affected the outcome of the George Zimmerman murder trial, former defense attorney Mark O’Mara is setting out to reform the self-defense legislation. O’Mara, whose client evoked the Stand Your Ground defense after killing Trayvon Martin, says he plans to propose a rule limiting […]
