Posted on 06/26/2014 9:40:52 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A narrow stairwell at Florida Memorial University leads to rooms filled with collages and paintings from around the country.
While the artwork varies in style, there’s one common theme: almost all of the pieces depict a young man in a hooded sweatshirt.
This is the headquarters of the Trayvon Martin Foundation, established by Martin’s parents after the Miami Gardens teen was killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman was acquitted last year after a racially charged, contentious trial.
The historically black university hosted a ceremony Thursday that started and ended with prayer and was filled with spiritual references. The second floor of the school’s library quickly became crowded as people filed in.
The short program included remarks from the university president, Martin’s parents and comments from the director of the foundation. Afterward, Martin’s family used scissors to cut a large blue and orange ribbon.
About 100 people attended the ceremony, including local politicians, state representatives, foundation members and Miami residents....
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Break out the hoodies and skittles
Trayvon was going to give up thievery and was bound for collitch. Right.
How much is the Traayvon skolarship worth?
Good for them! Let’s pass through and jump out of the hedges and beat the sh!t out of the Dean
While I can empathize with the loss of their son, this once again proves the ignorance of some Americans. They grabbed on to a few erroneous sound bites and didn’t have the true facts in this case. Every day, I become more and more dismayed by the people in this country = and especially those who rely on the alphabet stations for their news. Everyone has a computer - they should do their own research, but most are too lazy to do so.
....majoring in pot smoking and petty burglary?
And that, Catsrus, is EEEExactly why we’re here. ;>}
Millions already do. Just look at Chicago, Detroit, Compton, Oakland, etc., etc...
thug university
majors in b&e, purple drank, blamin whitey, the knockout game, blame the victim - taught by the visiting prof retaining the tawana brawley chair, and let’s not forget, where’s my reparations, beeoych?
How utterly revolting.
Trayvon represented everything that the black community should fight against and reject, to save their children.
Instead, they follow their little smug, white, liberal plantation overseers into self-degredation after self-degredation, and raise this thug onto a pedestal.
In the name of social justice, no less.
It’s just horrifying.
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