Trayvon Martin

Trayvon Martin's Father Says His Son Saved His Life: 'He’s My Hero and He’s Everything to Me'

"He's my hero"

President Barack Obama leaves his news conference in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, on Dec. 16, 2016.

Becoming Citizen Obama: The Outgoing President's Next Job

Excerpted from TIME's "Barack Obama: Eight Years," a definitive, one-of-kin...

Excerpted from TIME's "Barack Obama: Eight Years," a definitive, one-of-kind 96-page, fully illustrated commemorative edition. Available at retailers and at Amazon.com. Over a late-night martini in the White House's second-floor residence, President Barack Obama has...

A memorial for Carlos Garcia, photographed outside his ex-wife Yaileen Ayala's home in Tampa on Sept. 15, 2016. Garcia was shot following an argument with a neighbor, who then called the 'Stand Your Ground' hotline.

Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' Law Linked to Homicide Increase

New study shows murder rate spike after law was implemented

A 17-year-old civil rights demonstrator, defying an anti-parade ordinance of Birmingham, Ala., is attacked by a police dog on May 3, 1963.

How Photographs Define the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter Movements

The gripping pictures documenting the Black Lives Matter movement are just ...

The gripping pictures documenting the Black Lives Matter movement are just as stirring as Civil Rights era photographs

George Zimmerman, the acquitted shooter in the death of Trayvon Martin, faces a Seminole circuit judge during a first-appearance hearing on charges including aggravated assault stemming from a fight with his girlfriend on Nov. 19, 2013, in Sanford, Fla.

George Zimmerman Claims Man Punched Him for 'Bragging' About Trayvon Martin

Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012

Mothers of the Movement Geneva Reed-Veal (C), mother of Sandra Bland delivers remarks as Lucia McBath (R), mother of Jordan Davis; and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner look on during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mothers of the Movement Help Unify a Divided Party

Both Clinton and Sanders supporters agree that Black Lives Matter

Mothers of the Movement Make Emotional Plea at Democratic Convention

There was at least one group of Hillary Clinton surrogates who would rather...

There was at least one group of Hillary Clinton surrogates who would rather not have taken the stage at the Democratic national convention on Tuesday. The mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Sandra...