Under a blazing Florida sun in April 2012, Andrew Thomas went for a drive. He headed 40 miles northeast from Sanford, near Orlando, toward Daytona Beach, a getaway well known for its race track and white sands. But this was no vacation. Mr. Thomas, then a project manager for the city of Sanford, was looking for the Dream Defenders. The group of some 30 young adults had just begun a three-day march in support of Trayvon Martin, a Black 17-year old whose killing in Sanford had rocked the nation.
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