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Elaine F. Parsons

Trayvon Martin the Latest Victim of America's Fear of Black Men

by Elaine F. Parsons

Today, as under Reconstruction, the idea that fear justifies violence is as dangerous one.

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Elaine F. Parsons

Trayvon Martin the Latest Victim of America's Fear of Black Men

by Elaine F. Parsons