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March 26, 2012

Jesse Jackson Describes Trayvon Martin As A "Martyr" 
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Civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton will be in Sanford
Florida for a town hall meeting today about the death of Trayvon Martin.
A 17-year-old African American, Martin was shot dead while walking in a
gated community last month. He was unarmed. Martin’s shooter, George
Zimmerman, has not been arrested or charged. On Sunday Jackson
characterized Martin's death as a transformative event reminiscent of
the killings of Emmett Till in 1955 and Mississippi civil rights
activist Medgar Evers in 1963.

Rev. Jesse Jackson: "How do we take the light of the martyr, Trayvon is
martyr, he's not coming back, he's a martyr, murdered and martyred, and
now we must illuminate the darkness with the light that comes from the
martyr."



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