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Author Archives: Johnny C. Taylor Jr.

Posted inOpinion

A more valuable protest to honor Trayvon Martin

by Johnny C. Taylor Jr. August 6, 2013February 10, 2021

As I spent the day listening to everyone pontificate their theories about how white racism led to Mr. Zimmerman’s acquittal, it struck me how the various protests are a dollar short and a day late. After the verdict was read, hundreds of black people gathered in the front of the Florida governor’s mansion to protest the outcome.

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