An edition of Killing Trayvons
(2014)
Killing Trayvons
an anthology of American violence
by Kevin Alexander Gray, Jeffrey St. Clair, and JoAnn Wypijewski
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A diverse collection of works centering on the case of Trayvon Martin--from exploring his killing and the acquittal of George Zimmerman in depth, to using the case as a jumping-off point to address the broader issue of skin privilege.
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Racial profiling in law enforcement, Race relations, African Americans, Violence against, Racism, Martin, Trayvon, 1995-2012, Zimmerman, George, 1983-, African Americans -- Violence against, Racial profiling in law enforcement -- United States, Racism -- United States, United States -- Race relationsPlaces
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Killing Trayvons: an anthology of American violence
2014, CounterPunch Books
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Killing Trayvons -- The Editors
cartwheel on the blacktop (Trayvon Martin 2.0) -- (poem) / -- Alexis Pauline Gumbs -- Document extract:
Sanford Police Department Report of Investigation, undated --
You really think the killer of Trayvon Martin will ever do time? -- Alexander Cockburn -- Document:
Narrative Report, Sanford Police file, 2/26/12 -- George Zimmerman -- Document extract:
Medical Examiner's Report, Volusia and Seminole Counties, 3/15/12 --
The lingering memory of dead boys -- Tayari Jones
A short, racist history of Sanford, Florida -- Sean Yoes
A senseless shooting in a soulless place -- Alan Farago -- Document:
Truth Verification Report, Sanford Police file, 2/27/12 --
Trayvon, Redux -- (poem) / -- Rita Dove -- Extract:
"If I had a son..." -- President Barack Obama
What I have to teach my son -- Etan Thomas -- Extract:
In memory of Trayvon Martin and Bo Morrison -- Matthew Rothschild
Sighs of fire: Zimmerman as a domestic drone -- Vijay Prashad
A memory:
On Queens Boulevard, the night Sean Bell's killers got off -- JoAnn Wypijewski -- Extract:
1 black person killed every 28 hours -- Adam Hudson
Face to face with the NYPD: what they look like to a Guinean-American -- Ibrahim Diallo
A very short history of driving while black: scenes from the highway profiling patrol -- Jeffrey St. Clair
Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin and the protection of police murder -- Thandisizwe Chimurenga
Terrorist -- (poem) / -- David 'Judah 1' Oliver
The cancer of police violence -- Mike King
For a national alliance for racial justice and human rights -- Ajamu Baraka
Gun laws and race in America -- Robert Chase and Yohuru Williams
The new vigilantes -- Chris Kromm
Fatal encounters -- D. Brian Burghart
The ground we stand on: on inaugurations, anniversaries and the deaths of Trayvon Martin -- Pier Gabrielle Foreman
Marijuana's "dark side": drugs, race and the criminalization of Trayvon Martin -- Alexander Tepperman
The trick bag of the perfect victim -- Jill Nelson
Who's afraid of black men's eyes? -- John Eskow -- Document:
FBI forensic audio analysis, 4/2/12 --
The deadly legacy of vigilantism -- Jamilah King
Russell Simmons tells black people not to start a race war over Trayvon Martin -- Yvette Carnell
The white right to riot -- Chuck Modiano
"So, I ask you, what if Trayvon Martin were Asian?" -- Scot Nakagawa
"Do you care when blacks kill other blacks?" -- Thandisizwe Chimurenga
The race-baiting of America -- Patricia Williams
A trial is never about the truth -- Bruce Jackson -- Document extract:
Sanford Police Department Capias Request, 3/13/12 -- -- Extract:
Trial testimony -- Sybrina Fulton
"Thank you, Rachel Jeantel" -- Mychal Denzel Smith -- Extract:
Defense closing argument, Florida v. George Zimmerman, July 12, 2013 -- Mark O'Mara
The critical role of women in the Zimmerman decision -- Brenda E. Stevenson
White women in the jury box -- Monica J. Casper
Perversities of justice -- Linn Washington, Jr.
"No rights that any white man is bound to respect": what it feels like to be black in America -- Kevin Alexander Gray
A memory:
Poem about police violence -- (poem) / -- June Jordan
When will it end? -- New York Daily News, July 15, 2013
How the system worked: the US v. Trayvon Martin -- Robin D.G. Kelley
Investigate the racial context behind Trayvon Martin's death -- Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Tried for his own death -- Jesmyn Ward -- Extract:
"We will not be moved" -- Phillip Agnew
An open letter to white people about Trayvon Martin -- Kyle 'Guante' Tran Myhre
Obama dog-whistles over Trayvon -- Margaret Kimberley
George Zimmerman is entitled to civil rights protections, too -- Michael Meyers
Trayvon and white madness -- Glen Ford
"Sometimes you have to shout to be heard" -- Rodolfo Acuña -- Extract:
"Just being a regular teenager" -- an interview with bell hooks, by Quassan Castro
No innocence left to kill: explaining America to my daughter -- Tim Wise
A symphony for Trayvon Martin -- Yotan Marom
Am I a race traitor?: Trayvon Martin, gender talk and invisible black women -- Jasmine Nicole Salters -- Extract:
On second thought -- President Barack Obama -- Extract:
"President Obama is a global George Zimmerman" -- an interview with Dr. Cornel West, by Amy Goodman
Remembering how to grieve -- (poem) / -- Asam Ahmad
The race is on: Arabs, blackness and the American imagination -- Moustafa Bayoumi
Anxiety is killing us: so what do we do about it? -- Dani McClain
The master's tools: a grassroots fight against police violence, case study -- Jordan Flaherty
Really the invisible man blues -- Dave Marsh
Anyone's son-- (poem) /-- Tara Skurtu.
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