# Black Lives Matter emerges after Trayvon Martin verdict and Ferguson

Date: 2013

On the evening of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American teenager.

## Drivers

- Black Lives Matter and racial-justice mobilization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/black-lives-matter-and-racial-justice-mobilization

## Sources

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## Methodology

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