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Southampton Students Wear Hoodies To Honor Trayvon Martin

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High School student Ricky Brumsey.

High School student Ricky Brumsey.

Students at Southampton Intermediate School are wearing hoodies in support of Trayvon Martin. DANA SHAW

Students at Southampton Intermediate School are wearing hoodies in support of Trayvon Martin. DANA SHAW

Tavia Jeffries an eighth grade student, right, started the group. DANA SHAW

Tavia Jeffries an eighth grade student, right, started the group. DANA SHAW

Tavia Jeffries an eighth grade student, right, started the group. DANA SHAW

Tavia Jeffries an eighth grade student, right, started the group. DANA SHAW

A system being installed in Flanders. DANA SHAW

A system being installed in Flanders. DANA SHAW

High School students Ricky Brumsey and Devon Trent. DANA SHAW

High School students Ricky Brumsey and Devon Trent. DANA SHAW

High School student Ricky Brumsey.

High School student Ricky Brumsey.

authorShaye Weaver on May 1, 2012
Every Friday until the end of the school year, students attending Southampton intermediate school and high school will don hooded sweatshirts, or “hoodies,” in remembrance of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed... more

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