Don’t Fear the Hoodie
Geraldo Rivera (via TalkingPointsMemo) So, when the Trayvon Martin slaying entered the national consciousness, it became clear to most that a single person acting alone had killed a harmless youth and...
View ArticleProvidence Responds to the Murder of Trayvon Martin
Saturday night. Impromptu march. I got this report in: “there was a march in memory of treyvon martin of about 40+ people on friday which started on thayer street and made its way down to as220. it was...
View ArticleBig Turnout Last Night For Trayvon Martin March
Last night’s ‘ReBoot approved’ event started with a rally at the Harry Kizirian Elementary School with three or four speakers, marched over to Chad Brown, and then directed attendees to Kobi Dennis’...
View ArticleProvidence stands up for Trayvon Martin
Chants of “No justice, no peace! No racist police!” filled the air as a crowd of between one and two hundred people marched from Central High School and through South Providence on Sunday night. A cop...
View ArticleWhat Trayvon Martin says about guns, gender, race
The verdict in the Trayvon Martin killing resonates because it perfectly encapsulates the right-left political divide over the contentious issues of race, gender and guns. For those interested in...
View ArticleBeing black while working in East Greenwich
Cedric Simms lives in Warwick and Kona Boylowlu lives in South Providence. They are both black and live in predominantly black neighborhoods. But like Trayvon Martin had reason to be find himself in a...
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