Nearly 50 students marched across campus Monday evening, wearing nametags with Trayvon Martin’s name across their chest.

The N.C. State chapter of the NAACP and the African American Student Advisory Council (AASAC) organized the march, which led students from Witherspoon Student Center to Cates Hall. Students, shouting political slogans, song lyrics and poetry verses, returned to the steps of Witherspoon where Alexis Teasdell, president of the NCSU NAACP and sophomore in middle grades education, shared her remarks on Martin’s death.

“Today, I am Trayvon Martin,” Teasdell said during her speech in front of the crowd. “Being a black complexion male is not a reason for this.”

“This is for injustice on campus and we need to unite behind this cause,” Tevin Byrd, a junior in graphic design, said. “We still remember this and let’s