When Trayvon Martin was killed four years ago, his mother became part of a cause she had no intention of joining: a movement to bring attention to the senseless deaths of Black Americans in suspiciously racial circumstances.
“I am an unwilling participant in this movement,” said Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton. “I would not have signed up for this. None of us would have.”
The “us” refers to the other mothers of Black men and women who lost their lives to police and gun violence, and whose deaths sparked a national debate about police reform and race relations. Together, the seven mothers took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Tuesday to share their thoughts as the “Mothers of the Movement.”
