February 26, 2012 will forever be etched in the American psyche of race relations. Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American teenager, was shot to death on his way home from a convenience store — allegedly by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman by the name of George Zimmerman. His only crime was that he was Black and walking in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. His only possessions were a bag of Skittles and a can of ice tea.
