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Five people were wounded – four critically – in a shooting in Uptown along a CPS safe passage route. The shooting occurred around 6pm along the route where students displaced by the closing of Steward School will travel to Brenneman Elementary this fall.

Miami artist and peace activist Huong unveiled her latest work, a mural dedicated to the memory of Trayvon Martin.

Ebony Magazine is dedicating their September issue cover to Trayvon Martin. The magazine will feature four covers honoring the memory of Trayvon Martin. Three covers feature celebrity dads Spike Lee, Dwanye Wade, and Boris Kodjoe posing with their sons in hoodies; the fourth features Trayvon Martin’s family.

Florida lawmakers have reportedly agreed to review the state’s dangerous Stand Your Ground laws. Their decisions comes after widespread outcry from community members, celebrities, and political figures; and most notably after weeks of protests from the amazing Dream Defenders.

According to rapper T.I., if Trayvon Martin had been his son George Zimmerman would be dead: “My hat goes off to the Martin family, because if it was me and my child, there wouldn’t have been no trial. I’d have been on trial. It would’ve been the trial of the father who killed the man who killed [his child].”

BYP100’s Kai M. Green pens a short essay emphasizing the urgency of Black and People of Color Freedom Struggles NOW! The title sums it up: “If our Freedom is Criminal, We Must Change the Laws.”

After graduating from college at 16, 18-year old Florida native Gabrielle Turnquest is now the youngest person to ever pass the UK bar exam.

Four-year old Anala Beevers is literally a genius. Hailing from New Orleans, Anala is so brilliant that she’s been invited to join MENSA, an international organization for people with IQs in the 98 percentile or higher.

Tracy Martin was the guest of honor at the first ever meeting of the Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys. He spoke passionately of the need for a statute or amendment that would address racial profiling. Other concerns – including education, crime, and Stand Your Ground laws – were discussed.

During an interview on the Today Show, the parents of Trayvon Martin expressed shock and dismay at the acquittal of George Zimmerman, and assert that race was most definitely a factor in their son’s slaying.

In interviews with CNN, Robert Zimmerman Jr. discussed his brother’s fear of vigilantes. He then had the audacity to continue his family’s crusade against Trayvon Martin’s character, suggesting that Martin was trying to procure a gun, and grow marijuana.

President Obama’s official statement on the George Zimmerman verdict maintains that the legal process has run its course, and that it is now time for peaceful reflection.