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HNN Hot Topics: Trayvon Martin


Trayvon Martin in an undated photo. Credit: Wiki Commons.

News and Commentary

  • Stephanie Jones-Rogers: If Only Trayvon Had Freedom Papers (7-16-13)
  • Elaine F. Parsons: Trayvon Martin the Latest Victim of America's Fear of Black Men (7-16-13)
  • Peter Dreier: Sanford, Fla., Threatened to Lynch Jackie Robinson (7-15-13)
  • Women Played Critical Role in George Zimmerman Decision (7-15-13)
  • Josh Brown: Clearly We Don't Live in a Post-Racial Society (7-15-13)
  • Peniel E. Joseph: Trayvon, Race and American Democracy (7-14-13)
  • James Loewen: George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, and Me (4-11-12)
  • George Zimmerman quotes historian Jim Loewen on his defense page (4-11-12)
  • Racist past haunts Florida town where Trayvon died (4-10-12)
  • Wendy McElroy: Trademarking Trayvon, Manufacturing racism (4-6-12)
  • Roderick Long: Understanding Your Ground (3-23-12)
  • Fla. shooting stirs memories of civil rights era (3-21-12)