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K. Brown Douglas - STAND YOUR GROUND: BLACK BODIES AND THE JUSTICE OF GOD - Paperback MFA AUTHORS Sigma Theta Tau International and"If Trayvon was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk?" President Barack Obama The 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, an African American teenager in Florida, and the subsequent acquittal of his killer, brought public attention to controversial "Stand Your Ground" laws. The verdict, as much as the killing, sent shock waves through the African American community, recalling a history of similar deaths, and the long struggle for