You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. -President Barack Obama. On a cool February evening in 2012, in a small city in central Florida, a fatal bullet was fired into 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's chest. Within minutes, he took his last breath. Martin was a black teenaged boy in the American south, violently killed well before his time, a tragedy, but a common one in America. What makes this story different is the will of his parents to find justice for their son-and to make his too-brief life meaningful. Through Sybrina and Tracy's efforts, the events of that dark night have transformed into a movement that has forever altered the country. This is a parents' story, and at its heart, an act of redemption for the lost life of their son. Through them, we see Trayvon as the child he was-a sometimes troubled but loveable kid being raised by an improvised family that fiercely protected him. They tell the story of the devastation they felt after his death, the trial that freed their son's killer, and how they launched a movement that has galvanized the nation. In this intimate social justice story, Sybrina and Tracy show the extraordinary strength, dignity, grace, and faith it takes to turn pain into purpose, chaos into community, and their son's legacy into a cultural shift.

Author Biography

SYBRINA FULTON and TRACY MARTIN are the founders of The Trayvon Martin Foundation, which aims to create community programming based on non-violent initiatives, and raise awareness of the impact of violent crimes on the family. Fulton and Martin live in Flordia.