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Trayvon Martin’s Parents Expected To Release ‘Rest In Power: The Enduring Life Of Trayvon Martin’ Book In January

<p>While the Black community still fights to get our story of racial injustice heard&comma; word that a Trayvon Martin book has been recently reported&excl; According to the Hollywood Reporter&comma; Trayvon&&num;8217&semi;s parents have signed a book deal for the release of &&num;8216&semi;Rest in Power&colon; The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Random House&&num;8217&semi;s One World editor Christopher Jackson sat with<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;news&sol;penguin-random-house-editor-interview-932606"> The Hollywood Reporter<&sol;a> where he revealed the news that he has been working on a book with his parents&comma; Tracy and Sybrina Fulton&period; Apparently&comma; they have been working on a deal since 2013&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I&&num;8217&semi;m doing a book with Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton&comma; Trayvon Martin&&num;8217&semi;s parents &lbrack;Rest in Power&comma; out in January&period; Read more on the book deal here&period;&rsqb; It&&num;8217&semi;s amazing&period; Everyone who&&num;8217&semi;s been reading the manuscript is in tears by the second chapter&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s not just about the mournful story about losing a child&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s also how that moment ignited this global movement&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The book is slated to drop on January 31st&comma; which is symbolic since it would be just a few days before what would have been Trayvon&&num;8217&semi;s 22nd birthday on February 5th&period; The book would also be a little less than a month shy of the 5th year anniversary of his death&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trayvon was killed on February 26&comma; 2012 after the infamous George Zimmerman shot him for what claims to be self defense even though Trayvon posed no threat since he was only armed with a bag of skittles and an Arizona drink&period; Zimmerman would later be acquitted on second degree murder charges in light of Florida&&num;8217&semi;s &&num;8220&semi;Stand Your Ground&&num;8221&semi; law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;It first brings Trayvon back to life as the full&comma; three-dimensional&comma; complex kid he was&comma; through his parents’ eyes&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Jackson <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;bookmark&sol;trayvon-martins-parents-sign-book-933270">continued<&sol;a>&comma; &&num;8220&semi;and then to the dark and confusing days following his death&comma; which slowly transform into the blossoming of a powerful&comma; historic movement for change and healing that we’re still watching unfold five years later&period; Everyone who&&num;8217&semi;s been reading the manuscript is in tears by the second chapter&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Will you be reading&quest; Lets chat below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Debra Oh&excl; &commat;The&lowbar;Ebony&lowbar;Issue on IG<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;news&sol;penguin-random-house-editor-interview-932606">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;news&sol;penguin-random-house-editor-interview-932606<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;bookmark&sol;trayvon-martins-parents-sign-book-933270">http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hollywoodreporter&period;com&sol;bookmark&sol;trayvon-martins-parents-sign-book-933270<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; 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