There's a photo of Tracy Martin with his arm wrapped around his son, Trayvon.

We talked about it the last time he was on this show, back in February.

He's holding his boy close as he plants a kiss on his cheek.

It's a remarkably gentle window into the world this father and son once shared.

You know that picture just a smile on his face.

It ensures me as a dad that I would always have a friend.

That depicts just the love, the passion, the friendship, the camaraderie, that we as

black fathers often, it's taken away from us by stereotypes.

And so that picture just that says that, this is my friend, this is something that I

care about.

This is someone who I nurture.

This is my seed, this is what I planted in the ground and nurture them.

There's another moment just like this, except this time it's between Michael Brown Sr.

and his son, Michael Brown Jr., taking just months before he was killed.

Michael Brown Sr. was getting married.

The father and son are pictured standing next to each other at the ceremony, broad-shouldered,

dressed in all white, except for the red rows blooming from each of their shirt pockets.

Michael Jr. has a huge smile across his face.

Michael's my best man.

A lot of people don't have these sons, they're best men, they just let you know the relationship

we had.

So that was a nice moment.

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