A BLACK DAD'S HOPES AND FEARS
IN 2013 and 2014, I was living a double life.
Professionally, I was reporting on the trial of George Zimmerman, who was charged with (but found not guilty of) murdering Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black 17-year-old. I spent time in Ferguson, Missouri, where I spoke with the family of Michael Brown Jr., another unarmed teenager shot dead, this time by a white law-enforcement official. I watched
