Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Today (26 Feb), we remember and honor Trayvon Martin.

He was 17. He should still be here.

For many Black people of a certain generation, his death was a first awakening—a sobering confirmation of what this country has always told us: that Black life can be seen as threat, as disposable, as less than human.

We speak his name. We speak all their names.

Look at all these roses, with petals on the ground, it’s far too many.

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