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After Prince passed away in 2016, many previously unknown details about his private life surfaced. One such detail highlights how the music icon helped a grief-stricken family after an unjust tragedy, which is unfortunately still plaguing our African American community to this day- as we’ve seen with the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd (and sadly,  far too many more) at the hands of police officers. Prince’s ex-wife and Rev. Al Sharpton gave refreshing insight into who Prince really was. Check out what Prince did for the family of the late Trayvon Martin and others below…

HOW PRINCE HELPED TRAYVON’S FAMILY IN MIDST OF TRAGEDY

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Rev. Al Sharpton revealed, to NYDaily News, what Prince did in 2012 after unarmed, Trayvon Martin (17), was fatally shot by George Zimmerman- the son of a Caucasian retired Supreme Court magistrate, who got off without any legal ramifications for the killing. Soon after Zimmerman brutally took Trayvon’s life, Sharpton was surprised when Prince called to tell him he wanted to help Trayvon’s family. However, the Purple Rain star wanted to remain anonymous, which is why he needed Sharpton’s help…

Al Sharpton: “I will never forget when he [Prince] called me and said he had some funds he wanted to give to Trayvon Martin’s family… Just out of the blue. Just out of the clear blue. He didn’t want anybody to know. He didn’t even want Trayvon Martin’s family to know where the funds came from.”

It seems that Trayvon Martin’s family probably didn’t find out that the donator was Prince until after Prince’s passing…wow. But wait…there’s more…

PRINCE’S EX-WIFE TELLS HOW HE HELPED EVERY INNER CITY HE PERFORMED IN

Although they amicably divorced in 2006, after 5 years of marriage, Prince’s second wife (now Eric Benet’s wife), Manuela Testolini, remained active in several of Prince’s philanthropic/humanitarian efforts. After Prince’s passing, Manuela did an interview with Rolling Stone and recalled the various ways Prince helped others. Prior to their romantic relationship, Manuela worked for Prince’s philanthropic organization, Love 4 One Another:

http://gty.im/74713174

Testolini sought a position at Love 4 One Another because she liked how the organization operated. “They were doing projects ranging from building community gardens to helping domestic shelters. […] When Prince would visit different cities for a concert, he would have work going on to complement the places he visited.” If Prince had a Philadelphia show in the middle of winter, his organization would do a coat drive or a food drive nearby. “You can imagine calling a food bank, saying, ‘You need to come here tomorrow with lots of trucks to pick up bins and bins of food,'” she says with a laugh. “It was a very effective, quick food drive and an easy way to make an impact. It was mobilizing people who were already interested and giving them a little way to impact their community.”

Prince’s ex also explained how he’d always help families he’d see on television, that were in need…

Manuela Testolini: “He wanted to be a catalyst for other people,” she says. “He would see a family on TV that was having trouble – they didn’t have health insurance and had trouble meeting the needs of a sick child – and instead of saying, ‘Wow, that’s really sad,’ he would leave a note on my desk saying, ‘Call this TV station and find out where these people are so we can help them.’ It was ongoing.”

PRINCE’S EX-WIFE BUILT AFRICAN SCHOOLS IN PRINCE’S HONOR

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Today, Manuela Testolini follows in her ex-husband’s philanthropic footsteps. She’s launched TWO SCHOOLS in Africa, in honor of Prince (one of them is named after him). She said Prince always wanted to start a school of his own. After his passing, she made it finally happen in October 2016 through her organization, In A Perfect World (a philanthropic organization Prince helped her to start and created the logo for).

Incredible! Prince is a great example of what it looks like when the seeds one plants while they’re here, continue to flourish and positively affect others…even in death.

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After Prince passed away in 2016, many previously unknown details about his private life surfaced. One such detail highlights how the music icon helped a grief-stricken family after an unjust tragedy, which is unfortunately still plaguing our African American community to this day- as we’ve seen with the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd (and sadly,  far too many more) at the hands of police officers. Prince’s ex-wife and Rev. Al Sharpton gave refreshing insight into who Prince really was. Check out what Prince did for the family of the late Trayvon Martin and others below…

HOW PRINCE HELPED TRAYVON’S FAMILY IN MIDST OF TRAGEDY

Embed from Getty Images

Rev. Al Sharpton revealed, to NYDaily News, what Prince did in 2012 after unarmed, Trayvon Martin (17), was fatally shot by George Zimmerman- the son of a Caucasian retired Supreme Court magistrate, who got off without any legal ramifications for the killing. Soon after Zimmerman brutally took Trayvon’s life, Sharpton was surprised when Prince called to tell him he wanted to help Trayvon’s family. However, the Purple Rain star wanted to remain anonymous, which is why he needed Sharpton’s help…

Al Sharpton: “I will never forget when he [Prince] called me and said he had some funds he wanted to give to Trayvon Martin’s family… Just out of the blue. Just out of the clear blue. He didn’t want anybody to know. He didn’t even want Trayvon Martin’s family to know where the funds came from.”

It seems that Trayvon Martin’s family probably didn’t find out that the donator was Prince until after Prince’s passing…wow. But wait…there’s more…

PRINCE’S EX-WIFE TELLS HOW HE HELPED EVERY INNER CITY HE PERFORMED IN

Although they amicably divorced in 2006, after 5 years of marriage, Prince’s second wife (now Eric Benet’s wife), Manuela Testolini, remained active in several of Prince’s philanthropic/humanitarian efforts. After Prince’s passing, Manuela did an interview with Rolling Stone and recalled the various ways Prince helped others. Prior to their romantic relationship, Manuela worked for Prince’s philanthropic organization, Love 4 One Another:

http://gty.im/74713174

Testolini sought a position at Love 4 One Another because she liked how the organization operated. “They were doing projects ranging from building community gardens to helping domestic shelters. […] When Prince would visit different cities for a concert, he would have work going on to complement the places he visited.” If Prince had a Philadelphia show in the middle of winter, his organization would do a coat drive or a food drive nearby. “You can imagine calling a food bank, saying, ‘You need to come here tomorrow with lots of trucks to pick up bins and bins of food,'” she says with a laugh. “It was a very effective, quick food drive and an easy way to make an impact. It was mobilizing people who were already interested and giving them a little way to impact their community.”

Prince’s ex also explained how he’d always help families he’d see on television, that were in need…

Manuela Testolini: “He wanted to be a catalyst for other people,” she says. “He would see a family on TV that was having trouble – they didn’t have health insurance and had trouble meeting the needs of a sick child – and instead of saying, ‘Wow, that’s really sad,’ he would leave a note on my desk saying, ‘Call this TV station and find out where these people are so we can help them.’ It was ongoing.”

PRINCE’S EX-WIFE BUILT AFRICAN SCHOOLS IN PRINCE’S HONOR

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Today, Manuela Testolini follows in her ex-husband’s philanthropic footsteps. She’s launched TWO SCHOOLS in Africa, in honor of Prince (one of them is named after him). She said Prince always wanted to start a school of his own. After his passing, she made it finally happen in October 2016 through her organization, In A Perfect World (a philanthropic organization Prince helped her to start and created the logo for).

Incredible! Prince is a great example of what it looks like when the seeds one plants while they’re here, continue to flourish and positively affect others…even in death.

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It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 6 years since 17 year old Trayvon Martin’s life was so brutally taken from him in a cowardly act of violence by George Zimmerman in 2012. For Trayvon’s parents, Tracey Martin and Sybrina Fulton, those 6 years probably feel like a lifetime and/or a never-ending tragic nightmare. As Zimmerman roams the earth as a free man, following his non-conviction years ago, there are millions of other people of all races out here, who actually empathize with Trayvon’s family, including actor/singer, Jamie Fox.

Jay-Z and his partner,Michael Gasparro, are the executive producers of the upcoming documentary series, “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story,” which premieres July 30 on Paramount Network.

Jamie has been a long-time vocal opposer about the maliciousness of Trayvon’s killing and the heartless injustice that neither Trayvon, nor his family received, following the acquittal of George Zimmerman, who shot the unarmed teen in cold blood.

During an emotional Q&A segment of the event, Trayvon’s parents sat alongside the documentary’s producers. They spoke about their son’s passing, what they want other races to take from the documentary and what they teach their other son about race relations, as well as being Black in America.

As Sybrina and Tracey took questions from the audience (see video below), Sybrina was asked what she would tell her other son about how to walk though life, after having loss one son to a cowardly act of violence. Here’s what she replied:

“What I would tell my son is to live his best life,” Sybrina firmly stated to a reply of thunderous applause. She continued, “I’m going to continue to cover him. I want him to be informed about what’s going on. We talk about certain issues…we talk about the police, we talk about White supremacy. We talk about Black Lives Matter and all the other organizations. We talk about all of those things, so he has a clear understanding…”

https://youtu.be/fgLpIM4caXQ

Trayvon’s mother then went on to stress the importance of African American parents educating their children about the realities of our society and how they are perceived simply for being African American. She also stressed the importance of breaking down those racially biased perceptions:

“Not only do we need to speak with our young men, we need to speak to our young ladies as well, because they’re being shot and killed, and profiled… And of course nobody else has to do that, but it’s necessary, we HAVE to keep him (their son) informed, we have to keep them knowledgeable. I’m not gonna tell [my son] that when he sees a police, walk fast, or walk slow. Whatever pace he’s going, it’s not about…what our kids are doing, a lot of times it’s about how other people perceive who he is. And that’s what we need to work on. We need to change other people’s mindset, so they can change their perception.

It’s not about us, it’s not about us at all. I think it’s about…other people and how they feel about us, how they think that we are still three fifths of human,” Sybrina stated to applause once again.

She then expressed the importance of not becoming desensitized as a society, due to the continuous unjustified murders of Black people, at the hands of other races and police officers:

“We cant have these movements and they die off and go away. The only way we continue this is by having workshops, documentaries that keep it out there. I don’t want to have a documentary where only African Americans watch, we already know the struggle – so other people have to see what the struggle is on the other side.”

Well said Sybrina Fulton.

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HOW PRINCE HELPED TRAYVON’S FAMILY IN MIDST OF TRAGEDY

Rev. Al Sharpton revealed, to NYDaily News, what Prince did in 2012 after unarmed 17 year old, Trayvon Martin, was brutally shot and killed by George Zimmerman-the murderer son of a retired Supreme Court magistrate, who got off with no legal ramifications. Soon after Trayvon’s death, Sharpton was surprised when Prince called to tell him he wanted to help Trayvon’s family, but he wanted to remain anonymous, so he needed Sharpton’s help…

Al Sharpton: “I will never forget when he [Prince] called me and said he had some funds he wanted to give to Trayvon Martin’s family… Just out of the blue. Just out of the clear blue. He didn’t want anybody to know. He didn’t even want Trayvon Martin’s family to know where the funds came from.”

So Trayvon Martin’s family probably didn’t find out that the donator was Prince until after Prince’s passing…wow. But wait…there’s more…

PRINCE’S EX-WIFE TELLS HOW HE HELPED EVERY CITY HE PERFORMED IN>>>

Although they amicably divorced in 2006, after 5 years of marriage, Prince’s second wife (now Eric Benet’s wife), Manuela Testolini, remained active in several of Prince’s philanthropic/humanitarian efforts. After Prince’s passing, Manuela did an interview with Rolling Stone and recalled the various ways Prince helped others. Prior to their romantic relationship, Manuela worked for Prince’s philanthropic organization, Love 4 One Another:

Testolini sought a position at Love 4 One Another because she liked how the organization operated. “They were doing projects ranging from building community gardens to helping domestic shelters. […] When Prince would visit different cities for a concert, he would have work going on to complement the places he visited.” If Prince had a Philadelphia show in the middle of winter, his organization would do a coat drive or a food drive nearby. “You can imagine calling a food bank, saying, ‘You need to come here tomorrow with lots of trucks to pick up bins and bins of food,'” she says with a laugh. “It was a very effective, quick food drive and an easy way to make an impact. It was mobilizing people who were already interested and giving them a little way to impact their community.”

Prince’s ex also explained how he’d always help families he’d see on television, that were in need…

Manuela Testolini: “He wanted to be a catalyst for other people,” she says. “He would see a family on TV that was having trouble – they didn’t have health insurance and had trouble meeting the needs of a sick child – and instead of saying, ‘Wow, that’s really sad,’ he would leave a note on my desk saying, ‘Call this TV station and find out where these people are so we can help them.’ It was ongoing.”

PRINCE’S EX-WIFE BUILT AFRICAN SCHOOLS IN PRINCE’S HONOR

Today, Manuela Testolini follows in her ex-husband’s philanthropic footsteps. She’s launched TWO SCHOOLS in Africa, in honor of Prince (one of them is named after him). She said Prince always wanted to start a school of his own. After his death she made it finally happen in October 2016 through her organization, In A Perfect World (a philanthropic organization Prince helped her to start and created the logo for).

Incredible! Prince is a great example of what it looks like when the seeds one plants while they’re here, continue to flourish and positively affect others even in death.

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