(The Root) — Photos of the late Trayvon Martin’s body, broadcast during television coverage of the trial of the man accused of killing him, fell into the wrong hands and ended up on a slew of hateful ...

Sixteen year old Yusef Hawkins was killed in August of 1989 after visiting the Italian neighborhood of Bensonhurst in Brooklyn to inquire about a vehicle for sale. A mob beat Hawkins and three of his ...

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – Women’s jewelry and a watch found in Trayvon Martin’s school backpack last fall could not be tied to any reported thefts, the Miami-Dade Police Department said Tuesday. The Miami ...

ABC News has just broadcast a never-before-seen photo that apparently shows blood on the back of George Zimmerman's head immediately after he shot Trayvon Martin. The photo would appear to back up ...

Aside from having regularly smoked marijuana, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Trayvon Martin share little in common. Tsarnaev, of course, is the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings and Martin was ...

Tangible actions and meaningful debates on gun violence followed last year's rash of widely covered shootings, but Stand Your Ground laws remain on state books exactly as they did one year ago, when ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday issued a statement reacting to a Florida jury's acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.