10 Years After Trayvon Martin's Death, His Mother Is Still Fighting: ‘I Have To Be The Voice For My Son'
These verdicts follow either acquittals or no charges filed at all in other, similar cases in the last decade.
Fulton says in her new essay,"Trayvon: Ten Years Later," that she never intended to be a"mother of the movement," but that she felt obligated to become that after her son's death. Fulton told TODAY that maintaining her son's legacy is what keeps her in it. Fulton said she tries to reach out to mothers who've experienced loss similar to her own when she feels her"spirit is strong."
The Black community and allies have rallied around Fulton. Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Zimmerman, its website says. The summer of 2020 in particular saw action taken by the Black Lives Matter movement following the deaths of Floyd and Taylor.
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