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Pass The Mic

Trayvon Martin and Race in the Church

Pass The Mic

The Witness

Christianity, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The murder of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012 set off fresh waves of racial unrest throughout the nation and in the church.  A year later when his killer was acquitted #BlackLivesMatter became a hashtag. Then in 2014, when Mike Brown was killed Black Lives Matter became the banner under which the latest movement for Black freedom marched.  Tyler and Jemar reflect on 10 years of racial revelations since Martin's murder and assess what it all means for attempts at racial justice in the church.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:13.5

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0:21.7

Dynamic voices for a diverse church. This is past the mic.

0:26.1

Greetings and God bless. Welcome to another episode of past the mic. Dynamic voices for a

0:33.4

diverse church power by the witness. A black Christian collective. I'm your host Tyler Burns.

0:38.0

You can follow me on Twitter and Instagram at BurnsClam. Please follow at your own risk.

0:42.4

And joining me as always to my left is the founder of the witness. Very extensive bio. The man,

0:48.5

the myth, the legend, but two time best selling off the Mr. Blue Check verified himself. Dr.

0:53.2

Jamar Tisby. Jay, we got a heavy one today. A heavy one today. We're matching today.

0:59.0

We're matching on purpose in at least the general attire in color. Right. Right. Black

1:04.8

goodies for a reason because 10 years ago, February 26th, 2012 was the death and the killing of

1:14.0

Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. And we're today going to reflect upon

1:20.6

what this date meant for us. What maybe it didn't mean at the time that it means now.

1:27.4

And what this has meant for the broader black Christian movement and movements for justice

1:32.6

over the past 10 years. It's hard to believe it's been 10 years. 10 years, bro. A decade. 10

1:37.5

years. I was, as I'm storing, I'm always like, okay, what anniversaries are coming up related to

1:43.5

black history and whatnot. And I can't remember how exactly I got on it. But I started thinking about

1:48.4

the Black Lives Matter movement. And then of course, I began thinking about Trayvon Martin,

1:53.4

a kid, all right, 17 years old. And I was like, let me look this up because this might be 10 years

2:02.3

and then sure enough, February 26th, 2022 is 10 years. And when I think back on where I was,

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