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| Author | Sybrina Fulton, Tracy Martin |
|---|---|
| Genre | Race Relations |
| Published | 2017 |
| Publisher | Random House Books |
| Publication place | United States |
Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin is a non-fiction book written by the parents of Trayvon Martin a young man who was forced into the media spot light after losing his life to racial violence.
Summary
[edit]Written nearly five years after the events of the book took place as both as means to heal and share with the world the Trayvon Martin they knew and loved and the impact the events had on their life. [1]
The book is introduced by Sybrina Fulton Travyon's mother who states “no one gets over the death of a child” and how before the incident she felt she was just another “anonymous” american whose goes through life in a predictable rhythm of work, school, church and picnics. But after the death of Travyon she became an activist to prevent other senseless gun violence. But this activism "failed to prevent the death of Jordan Davis (Jacksonville, Florida), Michael Brown (Ferguson, Missouri), Tamir Rice (Cleveland, Ohio), Eric Garner (New York City) as well as countless others". [2]
Sybrina goes on to discuss her son Trayvon Martin and how before he became a “martyr” and “symbol of racial injustice” he was simply a boy growing up trying to find his way in life. She reflects on her own life growing up and meeting and marrying Tracy Martin and raising Trayvon together.
The rest of book switches between Sybrina and Tracy as they discuss being forced out of their lives as ordinary americans and into the spot light because of death of their son and the events that followed.[3]
Publisher
[edit]The book was published by Spiegel & Grau which is a division of Penguin Random House books on 31 January 2017. [4]
Review
[edit]Rest in Power was reviewed my numerous: critics, newspapers[5], media outlets and other web sites[6]. Most of them giving the book between four and five stars.
References
[edit]- ^ Edwards, Stassa. "A Conversation with Sybrina Fulton on Rest in Power and the Legacy of Her Son Trayvon Martin". The Muse. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
{{cite news}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 86 (help) - ^ Fulton, Sybrina (2017). Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin. Random House Books. pp. X–XIII.
- ^ Lowery, Wesley; Lowery, Wesley (2017-02-16). "Reliving the trauma experienced by Trayvon Martin's parents". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ "Trayvon Martin's parents write book on their child's life". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ "Trayvon Martin's parents honor son's 'Enduring Life'". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
- ^ "Rest in Power". Goodreads. Retrieved 2017-08-10.