Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It

by Lisa Bloom

Book Overview

Many thought the election of our first African American president put an end to the conversation about race in this country, and that America had moved into a post-racial era of equality and opportunity. Then, on the night of February 26, 2012, a black seventeen-year-old boy walking to a friend's home carrying only his cell phone, candy, and a fruit drink, was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch coordinator.

And in July 2013, the trial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161902327X
• ISBN13: 9781619023277
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"