Rest in Power

The parents of Trayvon Martin relive their son's life and his tragic death in this account, which is only theirs to give: the intimate story of a life cut short and the rise of the movement that honored his memory. On a February evening in 2012, seventeen-year old Trayvon Martin was walking home with candy and a can of juice when he was fatally shot by a neighborhood watchman. Martin's father, a truck driver named Tracy, tried to get answers from the police but was shut down and ignored. Martin's mother, a civil servant for the city of Miami, was paralyzed by the news of her son's death and lost in mourning, unable to leave her room for days. But in a matter of weeks, their son's name would be spoken by President Obama, honored by professional athletes, and passionately discussed all over traditional and social media.