On this day, in 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black boy, was killed in Sanford, Florida.

His murderer, George Zimmerman, was never convicted of this crime because of Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law.

For more information on this tragic incident, please go to the following link:

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2018/07/31/631897758/a-look-back-at-trayvon-martins-death-and-the-movement-it-inspired