Keep reading to find out more about Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later ahead of its debut, including who will appear in the special and all the ways you can watch—plus, see an exclusive clip.
What is Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later about?
The hour-long special looks back at how Martin’s killing became a turning point for how Americans view and confront the deaths of young Black men, particularly at the hands of police and due to gun violence.
When will Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later be on TV?
Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later will debut on the CBS News Streaming Network and the Smithsonian Channel on Saturday, Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. ET, and on BET on Monday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. ET.
Who is hosting Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later?
CBS Mornings’ Gayle King will anchor the special, which is being produced by the CBS News Race and Culture Unit and will draw from King’s preeminent CBS News coverage of the tragedy. CBS News senior national correspondent Mark Strassmann will speak with attorney Benjamin Crump, counsel for the Martin family, and continue his reporting on what happened the day Martin was killed by neighborhood watch coordinatorGeorge Zimmerman while the teenager was visiting his father in Sanford, Fla. Additionally, CBS News special correspondent James Brown explores how Martin’s death prompted professional athletes to speak out in solidarity with the Martin family and jumpstart a new wave of activism, while CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan reports how Zimmerman’s acquittal set the stage for the modern Black Lives Matter movement and many of the protests that have followed over the last decade.
Is there a trailer for Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later?
A trailer shared on Feb. 24 by CBS News shows King and Brown looking at how Martin’s death lit the spark that led to the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement. CBS News also shared an exclusive clip from Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later with Parade that shows Fulton and Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, telling King how they grieve and lift up one another through a group Fulton founded, Circle of Mothers, which brings together “mothers who have lost children or family members due to senseless gun violence.” (Taylor was unjustly killed by Louisville, Kentucky, police conducting a no-knock raid while she slept in her apartment in March 2020.)
Who will appear in Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later?
In addition to members of Circle of Mothers and Mothers of the Movement, the special will feature interviews from those on the front lines of social justice and policy, including at least two members of President Obama’s administration: senior advisor Valerie Jarrett and Attorney General Eric Holder. NBA player Chris Paul and hip hop heavyweight Fat Joe also appear, and viewers will hear from Mothers of the Movement members Gwen Carr, whose son Eric Garner was killed by an NYPD officer, and Congresswoman Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan Davis, who was shot and killed at a gas station by a Florida man. Like Martin, Davis was killed in 2012 at the age of 17. “We at CBS News are always proud to tell the stories of a diverse array of Americans, and we believe that Black history is American history,” said Alvin Patrick, executive producer of CBS News’ Race and Culture Unit, via a press release. “This month, CBS News and Stations is especially pleased to produce more than 50 stories that cover the gamut of the Black experience – from historical pieces to interesting profiles to social justice reports.” Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later will debut on the CBS News Streaming Network and the Smithsonian Channel on Saturday, Feb. 26, and on BET on Monday, Feb. 28 at 8:00 PM, ET. Next, W. Kamau Bell Talks About His Must-See Showtime Docuseries, We Need to Talk About Cosby
