Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

Trayvon Martinâ€™s parents take readers beyond the news cycle with an account only they could give: the intimate story of a tragically foreshortened life and the rise of a movement.

Soon to be a docuseries on the Paramount Network produced by Shawn Carter

On a February evening in 2012, in a small town in central Florida, seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin was walking home with candy and a can of juice in hand and talking on the phone with a friend when a fatal encounter with a gun-wielding neighborhood watchman ended his young life. The watchman was briefly detained by the police and released. Trayvonâ€™s fatherâ€”a truck driver named Tracyâ€”tried to get answers from the police but was shut down and ignored. Trayvonâ€™s mother, a civil servant for the city of Miami, was paralyzed by the news of her sonâ€™s death and lost in mourning, unable to leave her room for days. But in a matter of weeks, their sonâ€™s name would be spoken by President Obama, honored by professional athletes, and passionately discussed all over traditional and social media. And at the head of a growing nationwide campaign for justice were Trayvonâ€™s parents, whoâ€”driven by their intense love for their lost sonâ€”discovered their voices, gathered allies, and launched a movement that would change the country.

Five years after his tragic death, Travyon Martinâ€™s name is still evoked every day. He has become a symbol of social justice activism, as has his hauntingly familiar image: the photo of a child still in the process of becoming a young man, wearing a hoodie and gazing silently at the camera. But who was Trayvon Martin, before he became, in death, an icon? And how did one black childâ€™s death on a dark, rainy street in a small Florida town become the match that lit a civil rights crusade?

Rest in Power, told through the compelling alternating narratives of Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, answers, for the first time, those questions from the most intimate of sources. Itâ€™s the story of the beautiful and complex child they lost, the cruel unresponsiveness of the police and the hostility of the legal system, and the inspiring journey they took from grief and pain to power, and from tragedy and senselessness to meaning.

â€œA beautiful, searing account.â€â€”The Washington Post

â€œA reminderâ€”not only of Trayvonâ€™s life and death but of the vulnerability of black lives in a country that still needs to be reminded they matter.â€â€”USA Today

â€œA brave, heart-rending narrative from the parents who lost their son far too soon.â€â€”Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780812997231
ReleaseDate 2017-01-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812997231

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780812997231
ReleaseDate	2017-01-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812997231

Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

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