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(2,899 posts)From the Douglas County Sentinel.
"Although Zimmerman is classed as white Hispanic, his great-grandfather was black, and he has black relatives. He was raised in a mixed-race home. His grandmother babysat two black girls in the community for years, the girls ate their meals with Zimmermans family, and traveled back and forth to school with the Zimmerman children.
Zimmerman is a registered Democrat who supported Barack Obama for President.
He chose a black girl as his date for his high-school prom.
In 2004, Zimmerman and a black friend opened an insurance office together.
Zimmerman and his wife tutored and mentored black kids for years, free of charge.
In 2011, the Sanford Police failed to arrest a white police lieutenants son after he assaulted a homeless black man. Zimmerman played a leading role in protesting the cover up. He passed out fliers urging citizens to attend a public meeting about the case, and confronted the newly-elected mayor at the meeting, demanding more police accountability".
Read more at;
http://www.douglascountysentinel.com/opinion/columnists/article_c357b23a-f316-11e2-97a0-0019bb30f31a.html