Meet Nikkolas Smith, the man who created this powerful image.
Concept artist and Disney imagineer Nikkolas Smith, 28, created this powerful image of Martin Luther King Jr. in a hoodie to express support for Trayvon Martin.
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Smith spoke to BuzzFeed about the image he created a year ago, which took on a life of its own and blew up online after the George Zimmerman not guilty verdict.
"I created this image when George Zimmerman first killed Trayvon Martin," Smith says. "There was this whole national outcry, a hoodie movement and everybody was rocking their hoods and everything. Just trying to get that message out there about what is considered suspicious. Is my black skin considered suspicious?"
The rapper Common shared a version which had more than 8,700 likes and 1,800 shares.
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