--- title: Sybrina Fulton | TIME description: Fulton is the mother of Trayvon Martin, whose killing in 2012 was a catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement. She is the author of Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin and a founding member of the “Mothers of the Movement” canonical: https://time.com/author/sybrina-fulton/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/sybrina-fulton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sybrina Fulton ## Sybrina Fulton Fulton is the mother of Trayvon Martin, whose killing in 2012 was a catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement. She is the author of [_Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin_](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/243453/rest-in-power-by-sybrina-fulton-and-tracy-martin/) and a founding member of the “Mothers of the Movement” ## Sybrina Fulton *  Nov 5, 2022 ### [What Emmett Till's Mother Taught Me About Grief and Justice](https://time.com/6229128/sybrina-fulton-trayvon-martin-mamie-till-mobley-movie/) Sybrina Fulton reflects on the murder of her son, Trayvon Martin, and unpacks the power of 'Till' an... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 19, 2014 ### [Trayvon's Mom Speaks Out on Ferguson](https://time.com/3136685/travyon-sybrina-fulton-ferguson/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: {"meta\_title":"","meta\_description":"","og\_title":"","og\_description":"","og\_imageConnection":{"edges":\[\],"\_\_typename":"SysAssetConnection"},"twitter\_card":null,"\_\_typename":"Seo"} ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/sybrina-fulton/","name":"Sybrina Fulton"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/sybrina-fulton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/sybrina-fulton/"},"name":"Sybrina Fulton","jobTitle":"","description":"Fulton is the mother of Trayvon Martin, whose killing in 2012 was a catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement. She is the author of Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin and a founding member of the “Mothers of the Movement”","url":"https://time.com/author/sybrina-fulton/","sameAs":["https://x.com/SybrinaFulton"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```