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Florida U. Awarding Posthumous Degree to Trayvon Martin

HeadlineMay 12, 2017

Florida University will be awarding Trayvon Martin with a posthumous degree in aeronautical science in a ceremony with his parents Saturday. The degree aims to honor the African-American teenager’s dream of becoming a pilot, before he was murdered by white neighborhood watch vigilante George Zimmerman in 2012.

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