New York Times Editorial Supports President Obama's Comments Regarding the Legitimacy of Black Experience Relative to the Distress Over the Killing of Trayvon Martin

The New York Times Editorial Board published an editorial in the wake of President Obama's comments about the killing of Trayvon Martin.   The editorial endorses the President's statements, and expresses hope that the President's words will spark a national dialogue.

New York Times Editorial in Support of President Obama's Remarks About Black Experience as a Prism Through Which the Killing of Trayvon Martin is Viewed

"It is a great thing for this country to have a president who could do what Mr. Obama did today. It is sad that we still need him to do it."

---The New York Times Editorial Board