In this March 21, 2012 photo released by Current TV, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, host of the Current TV's political talk show "The War Room with Jennifer Granholm" wears a hoodie at her San Francisco studio in support of the family of Trayvon Martin who was killed Feb. 26, in Sanford, Fla. Martin was returning to a gated community in the city after buying candy at a convenience store. Neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, said the teen attacked him and he shot him in self-defense. Martin was unarmed and was wearing a hooded sweat shirt, called a hoodie. Granholm's show airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on the progressive cable network. (AP Photo/Current TV)
In this March 21, 2012 photo released by Current TV, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, host of the Current TV's political talk show "The War Room with Jennifer Granholm" wears a hoodie at her San Francisco studio in support of the family of Trayvon Martin who was killed Feb. 26, in Sanford, Fla. Martin was returning to a gated community in the city after buying candy at a convenience store. Neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, said the teen attacked him and he shot him in self-defense. Martin was unarmed and was wearing a hooded sweat shirt, called a hoodie. Granholm's show airs Mondays at 9 p.m. EST on the progressive cable network. (AP Photo/Current TV)
NEW YORK (AP) — The famous and the unsung are appearing on Facebook and Twitter in hooded sweatshirts to show solidarity with the family of a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain in Florida.
The spontaneous social media effort came a day after a few hundred people joined the Million Hoodie March on Wednesday night to protest the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
They changed their profile pictures and tweeted photos of themselves wearing hoodies, many also posing the question: "Do I look suspicious?" or using the Twitter hashtag "IAmTrayvonMartin" in a show of frustration and outrage.
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Marian Wright Edelman, who heads the Children's Defense Fund, joined the fray, which included everyone from grandmothers to a group of law students from Howard University.
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