(CelebNMusic247-News) Trayvon Martin Hoodie Heads to The Smithsonian Museum
Trayvon Martin unnecessary death will NEVER be forgotten, since Trayvon Martin hoodie will be heading to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC!
Trayvon Martin may have been murdered, but his life will be immortalized and forged into the history books as a symbolic image for Americans. A simple hooded sweatshirt has become emblematic of certain assumptions in America. And of a desire by many to overturn those assumptions.
The Smithsonian Museum plans to feature the hooded sweatshirt Trayvon Martin wore on the night he was murdered by George Zimmerman in their new National Museum of African American History and Culture branch. The hoodie has become a symbolic and we are very happy to hear that Trayvon will always be remembered in history! It’s a strong messsage to all the George Zimmerman’s of the world and how they NEED to change their ways.
Here’s the drop according to AHH:
Lonnie Bunch, the director of the new branch told The Washington Post that the symbolism and potential for discourse are the reasons the hoodie would be featured:
“It became the symbolic way to talk about the Trayvon Martin case. It’s rare that you get one artifact that really becomes the symbol.”
Currently, the hoodie is with the United States Department of Justice as evidence in their investigation of George Zimmerman’s potential civil rights violation stemming from him murder of Trayvon Martin.
The Smithsonian plans on opening the National Museum of African American History and Culture branch in Washington in 2015 and will reportedly also feature archival footage from Video Music Box
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