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Cha

(305,415 posts)
Wed Jul 24, 2013, 10:29 PM Jul 2013

High Profile Black Actors Pay Tribute to Trayvon Martin~ "Little Black Boy Wonder" Beautiful..



TRAYVON MARTIN Dedication. Written and Produced by Omari Hardwick.Directed by Mo McRae. Featuring: Aaron D Spears, Affion Crockett, Bill Duke, Brian Dobbins, David Oweloyo, Eriq LaSalle, Gary… and the information ends there. I will try to find out who Gary is and if there are anymore who are on this Compelling Vid..

Mahalo to TOD~ http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/24/rise-and-shine-563/#more-130540

BOG

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High Profile Black Actors Pay Tribute to Trayvon Martin~ "Little Black Boy Wonder" Beautiful.. (Original Post) Cha Jul 2013 OP
Trayvon Martin has these great actors. Aristus Jul 2013 #1
It's stunning, moving Tribute, Aristus! Cha Jul 2013 #2
Very much so... Aristus Jul 2013 #3
Thanks for posting! Let's hear it for humanizing people again! We need each other. freshwest Jul 2013 #4
It's such a heartfelt call for Trayvon's humanity, fresh.. Cha Jul 2013 #5
I'm choked up. That was beautiful. Thanks for posting. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #6
I know, Tarheel.. Cha Jul 2013 #7
It should go viral. In other times, progressives would be rec'cing this to high heaven. Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #10
That's why I wanted it on Cha Jul 2013 #11
Since I don't FB, I'm glad you thought of us. My family doesn't understand why I don't care for FB, Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #16
KnR for some of my favorite actors.... alittlelark Jul 2013 #8
Mahalo, alittlelark~ Cha Jul 2013 #9
Such a moving tribute to Trayvon. sheshe2 Jul 2013 #12
It did bring tears, she. The Black actors' voices are so Powerful.. Cha Jul 2013 #13
Thank you. KeepItReal Jul 2013 #14
Thank you, KeepItReal.. Cha Jul 2013 #15
Using their art DevonRex Jul 2013 #17
Sweetly profoundly said, Cha Jul 2013 #19
Mahalo, dear Cha. DevonRex Jul 2013 #21
Afternoon Kick! sheshe2 Jul 2013 #18
.. Cha Jul 2013 #20
powerful hopemountain Jul 2013 #22
Oh dear, hopemountain.. Cha Jul 2013 #23
thank you for posting the tribute to trayvon hopemountain Jul 2013 #24
I'm sorry, to hear that.. Cha Jul 2013 #25
yes, bigotry, sexism, classism, hopemountain Jul 2013 #26
I just read your comment in your Cha Jul 2013 #28
damn awful noiretextatique Jul 2013 #27
Oh my God. I Love this. Number23 Jul 2013 #29
I was hoping Cha Jul 2013 #30

Aristus

(68,340 posts)
1. Trayvon Martin has these great actors.
Wed Jul 24, 2013, 10:41 PM
Jul 2013

George Zimmerman gets Ted Nugent.

Finally, some justice...

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
4. Thanks for posting! Let's hear it for humanizing people again! We need each other.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:16 AM
Jul 2013

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Cha

(305,415 posts)
7. I know, Tarheel..
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:33 AM
Jul 2013


It brings out all the sadness in the world about the senselessness of Trayvon's murder. And, it must be seen by everyone who is heartbroken.

Cha

(305,415 posts)
11. That's why I wanted it on
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 01:41 AM
Jul 2013

the greatest.. to get more exposure but still in the BOG so we would have it here.

I've seen it lots of other places on the net.. and I would think it's on FB too. I haven't joined yet, so dunno. but, I should because my son is on there and I could keep up with him mo' better.. since it's his home away from home.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,443 posts)
16. Since I don't FB, I'm glad you thought of us. My family doesn't understand why I don't care for FB,
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:40 AM
Jul 2013

but some of the crap I read during the last election from people I thought I knew, was the last straw for me. I killed my account, and never looked back. Thanks again.

Cha

(305,415 posts)
9. Mahalo, alittlelark~
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:54 AM
Jul 2013

They feel like we do.. it's temendously heartbreaking and spoken from their very souls.

sheshe2

(87,495 posts)
12. Such a moving tribute to Trayvon.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:57 AM
Jul 2013

Powerful in it's simplicity.

It brings tears.

Thank you Cha for posting.

Cha

(305,415 posts)
13. It did bring tears, she. The Black actors' voices are so Powerful..
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 05:28 AM
Jul 2013

I was racked with emotion and tears. It just feels so good that so many loving people care enough to give their all to Trayvon's memory.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
22. powerful
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 07:14 PM
Jul 2013

my heart weeps.

the "a trend of whiteout our black skin" reference.

i am not black. but i am brown and red. when i was a child, my light skinned mom (who married a dark skin man- my dad) scrubbed my darker skin with comet. i was 3 or 4 yrs old. she also used to make my sister and i sit on stools in the yard with lemon soaked hair and curlers to lighten and curl our thick, straight, dark hair. we got into trouble for moving and squirming around on those stools. she forbid me to wear my hair in braids "like an indian"....etc., etc.

bigotry is just so damn ugly.

Cha

(305,415 posts)
23. Oh dear, hopemountain..
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 07:22 PM
Jul 2013

I'm so sorry for your traumatic experience of your mom trying to change you.. when you're beautiful just as you are.

I hope she got over that at some later point in her life.

It is so "Powerful" from these excellent Black Actors.. I'm so glad you got to see it.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
24. thank you for posting the tribute to trayvon
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 07:27 PM
Jul 2013

& nope, my mom never really got over it. there is an awareness of color bigotry in me though, sort of like another "sense" to my personhood.

Cha

(305,415 posts)
25. I'm sorry, to hear that..
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 07:32 PM
Jul 2013

my dad was a racist bigot back in the day when we lived in Denver, Colo.. only I didn't know what it was called at that time. I was just a little girl who wasn't allowed to play with her friend because she was 1/2 Black.

I just knew it was wrong. So sad there are people like that who are so blind they can't see past a person's skin color.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
26. yes, bigotry, sexism, classism,
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 07:39 PM
Jul 2013

and dis-respect of the unknown & unseen - has held back the human race from evolving to a higher state of being in many ways.

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