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<p>“America never loved us. Remember?”</p>
<p>Phillip Agnew, executive director of the Dream Defenders, a youth-fueled civil rights organization formed in response to the 2012 slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, spoke those powerful words Jan. 28 during the 2014 State of the Youth.<br>
And the Year of the Protester began.</p>