On Friday, news broke that Trayvon Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, are shopping a book about the highly-publicized death of their son. According to The New York Times, the parents, who were divorced in 1999, were planning to “give a full portrait of their son and their grief over the shooting that shocked and divided America.”

Martin was shot by George Zimmerman; Zimmerman was accused by the press and allies of the Martin family of being a white racist who tracked down and shot Martin, who was black. Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, was acquitted earlier this year of second-degree murder.

Trayvon Martin’s background has largely been whitewashed by the press, which originally showed pictures of the now-17-year-old as a young child in a football uniform, selectively editing Zimmerman’s 911 tape to make him sound racist, and stating that Zimmerman was not injured in his violent altercation with Martin. Evidence suggests that Martin had a history of violence and criminality.

Despite Zimmerman’s acquittal, Trayvon allies have continued to maintain that Martin was racially profiled.