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April 11, 2012

Michigan Teacher Fired for Trayvon Martin Fundraiser 
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An eighth grade charter school teacher in Michigan has been fired from
her job after helping her students organize a fundraiser for Trayvon
Martin’s parents. Brooke Harris and her students drew up a plan that
would see them donate one dollar each and wear a hoodie, as Martin had
worn when he was shot dead. Harris was initially suspended and then
later fired outright after visiting an after-school literacy fair to
support her students' fundraiser.



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