Kevin Alexander Gray

co-editor, 'Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence'

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Writer and activist in Charleston, South Carolina, and co-editor of the book Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence

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Rev. Clementa Pinckney of the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina was one of nine people shot dead at the church last night in what authorities are calling a hate crime.

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