Tracy Martin, Trayvon Martin’s father, will be on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon to provide the opening remarks to a hearing of the newly formed Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys.
The hearing, entitled “The Status of Black Males: Ensuring Our Boys Mature Into Strong Men,” will be the caucus’ first, according to a press release from co-chairs Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Danny Davis (D-IL).
The witnesses scheduled to testify are David Johns, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans; Michael Eric Dyson, professor at Georgetown University; and Kweisi Mfume, former congressman and Congressional Black Caucus chairman and former NAACP president.
