Believe Quote by Michelle Alexander

The appalling racial injustice inherent in the Trayvon Martin tragedy reminds us that there is still much to do.

— Martin Luther King III

Trayvon Martin was the product of a broken home. He was also a victim of the corrupt civil-right leaders who peddle racism infecting the…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon…

— Barack Obama

As a historian of American and African-American religion, I know that the Trayvon Martin moment is just one moment in a history of racism…

— Anthea Butler

Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.

— Aberjhani

“Despite the strides America has made in the civil rights movement, eradicating Jim Crow laws, teaching tolerance, and electing an African-American president, racial inequality…

— Lisa Bloom

“In order to make this point, we need to talk about race openly and honestly. We must stop debating crime policy as though it…

— Michelle Alexander

“In Chicago, two days later, two black people beat and robbed a “white boy” in revenge for Trayvon. Eighteen-year-old Alton Hayes III and his…

— Colin Flaherty

Trayvon exposed a lot of things. I think something positive will come out of it. It's a blessing in disguise. And he will never…

— Walshy Fire

Even after the child, the life of the black child was saved, but that same white man will have to toss him right back…

— Malcolm X

Michael Brown happened to be black. Trayvon Martin happened to be black. Eric Garner was a black man. So this pattern continues over and…

— William Lacy Clay, Jr

“The sober truth is that the most important civil rights battles were fought and won four decades before the Obama presidency. The black underclass…

— Jason L. Riley