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# Trayvon Martin


## Trayvon Martin


* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 31, 2017  
## [Trayvon Martin's Father Says His Son Saved His Life: 'He’s My Hero and He’s Everything to Me'](https://time.com/4655200/trayvon-martin-saved-fathers-life/)  
by Cady Lang
* ![Barack Obama](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc2dd3dbe821ff26/6988b3ea196cf4098003e5ba/barack-obama-outgoing.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 23, 2016  
## [Obama Considers Life After the White House](https://time.com/4617422/barack-obama-private-citizen-after-white-house/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Zeke J Miller
* ![This Sept. 15, 2016 photo shows a memorial for Carlos Garica which has sat outside Yaileen Ayala's home for the last year. It marks where her ex-husband died after he was shot following an argument with a neighbor. \(Zack Wittman/The Tampa Bay Times via A](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95522adf1b06486a/6988ae780b72e3874a6ebc0e/stand-your-ground-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2016  
## [Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' Law Linked to Homicide Increase](https://time.com/4569145/florida-stand-your-ground-law-homicide-increase-study/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![Iconic image by Bill Hudson of a Birmingham protestor in Birmingham, 1963.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcfb970f81a316dbc/6988a0220b72e3df6a6ea716/02-birmingham-1963.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 22, 2016  
## [How Photographs Define the Civil Rights and Black Lives Matter Movements](https://time.com/4429096/black-lives-matter-civil-rights-photography/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Speltz
* ![George Zimmerman Appears Before Judge On Recent Aggravated Assault Charges](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e7f0af5fc3c9c0f/698892ebf887dcaf77e95d3b/george-zimmerman-smithsonian-gun.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 4, 2016  
## [George Zimmerman Claims Man Punched Him for 'Bragging' About Trayvon Martin](https://time.com/4440101/george-zimmerman-florida-assault/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Daniel White  
* ![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](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2362140d0e714d4c/69889f8c0b72e367cb6ea63a/gettyimages-583551506-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 27, 2016  
## [Mothers of the Movement Help Unify a Divided Party](https://time.com/4424682/dnc-mothers-movement-unity/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Charlotte Alter
* ![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](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2362140d0e714d4c/69889f8c0b72e367cb6ea63a/gettyimages-583551506-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 27, 2016  
## [Mothers of the Movement Make Emotional Plea at Democratic Convention](https://time.com/4425437/dnc-mothers-movement/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![Mothers of the Movement stand on stage prior to delivering remarks on the second day of the Democratic National Convention, on July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt531ad0b90b248f0e/69889f8dab6d77cd406aaa51/mothers-movement.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 27, 2016  
## [Read What the Mothers of the Movement Said at the Democratic Convention](https://time.com/4424704/dnc-mothers-movement-transcript-speech-video/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Will Drabold
* ![BESTPIX  Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing On Stand Your Ground Laws](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt770921c03c31cbba/69868d151eebf7f9f3370a9d/186206256.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 26, 2016  
## [Meet the Mothers Of The Movement Speaking at the Democratic Convention](https://time.com/4423920/dnc-mothers-movement-speakers/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Will Drabold
* ![George Zimmerman Appears Before Judge On Recent Aggravated Assault Charges](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e7f0af5fc3c9c0f/698892ebf887dcaf77e95d3b/george-zimmerman-smithsonian-gun.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 13, 2016  
## [George Zimmerman Gun Auction Hijacked by Apparently Fake Bids](https://time.com/4329392/internet-stop-zimmerman-gun-sale/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Daniel White  
* ![Sanford police officer Timothy Smith holds up the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin, while testifying on the 15th day of George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Fla., June 28, 2013.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5c979d30a33bf82/698892ddcf40a81461c43362/gettyimages-171790212.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2016  
## [Why It's Legal for George Zimmerman to Auction the Gun He Used to Kill Trayvon Martin](https://time.com/4328624/george-zimmerman-selling-gun-trayvon-martin/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![Sanford police officer Timothy Smith holds up the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin, while testifying in the 15th day of the George Zimmerman trial, in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Florida, Friday, June 28, 2013.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62fdecb0b727b91b/698892e3524fc006dadf7f47/george-zimmerman-gin-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2016  
## [George Zimmerman Condemned for Selling Trayvon Martin Gun](https://time.com/4327480/george-zimmerman-condemned-for-selling-trayvon-martin-gun/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Tara John
* ![Sanford police officer Timothy Smith holds up the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin, while testifying on the 15th day of George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Fla., June 28, 2013.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5c979d30a33bf82/698892ddcf40a81461c43362/gettyimages-171790212.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2016  
## [George Zimmerman Gun Removed From Site](https://time.com/4327294/george-zimmerman-gun-auction-trayvon-martin-race-florida/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Mark Rivett-Carnac
* ![George Zimmerman Arrested in Florida](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6dbdfc90e9cadfa4/69885fc5f887dc3787e91eb1/gettyimages-461276956.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 18, 2015  
## [George Zimmerman Confederate Flag Painting to be Sold in 'Muslim-Free' Gun Store](https://time.com/4001437/george-zimmerman-confederate-flag-painting/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Tanya Basu
* !["Roseanne For President" Premiere - 2015 Tribeca Film Festival](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e8bf7edfcb6d10b/69885cce524fc02766df3c75/roseanne-barr.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 28, 2015  
## [Judge Dismisses George Zimmerman's Parents' Case Against Roseanne Barr](https://time.com/3975205/judge-george-zimmerman-roseanne-barr/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Sarah Begley

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