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  • Trayvon Martin shooting case draws Jesse Jackson to Orlando area - Says Trayvon a "martyr"

    03/25/2012 1:36:49 PM PDT · by Tailgunner Joe · 61 replies · 1+ views
    sun-sentinel.com ^ | Jeff Kunerth | March 25, 2012
    Civil-rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson took the microphone shortly before noon today at the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Eatonville and pronounced slain teen-ager Trayvon Martin to be a martyr. "Martyrs have power," Jackson said near the end of his hour-long sermon. "He represents all of us." Dressed in a dark gray suit and blue tie, Jackson began his address with a chant: "Stop the violence. Save the Children. Keep hope alive!" "How do we go from a moment to a movement that creates fundamental change," Jackson asked the capacity crowd, estimated at 1,600 people. "If it's a moment,...