Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, channeled her grief into a purpose. In an essay this month titled "Trayvon: Ten Years Later," Fulton wrote that her first objective following the death of her son on Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, was to endorse the repeal of so-called stand your ground laws.

Always women. Your purpose is to die in pointless wars for them.