Advice for Young Black Boys 3 Years After Trayvon Martins Death
It was three years ago  on Feb. 26, 2012  that unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin was shot by George Zimmerman. It would be months before Zimmerman, who had said the shooting was in self-defense, was found not guilty, a decision that inspired a new wave of debate about racism and the law. Following the verdict, TIME devoted a cover story to the way the case had shaken the country, as well as its reverberations on a more intimate scale. As a columnist for TIME, Tour addressed the situation in the Apr. 2, 2012, issue of TIME. He responded to the news with a list of eight pieces of advice for people who "could be a Trayvon", Read the rest of his advice, here in the TIME Vault How to Stay Alive While Being Black, Read the cover story from 2013, here in the TIME Vault After Trayvon