Trayvon Martin's parents, five years after shooting, consider political moves

The parents of Trayvon Martin, a black Florida teen whose death ignited the Black Lives Matter movement in 2012 after he was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, are mulling a run for political office, according to a USA Today report.

In an interview with USA Today's Susan Page, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin said they want to be "part of the change" the nation needs following their years of anti-gun violence activism since Trayvon's death five years ago.

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"The only way we can be part of the change is if we start with local government and we work our way up," Fulton told Page. ""It could go all the way to the White House."

During the presidential campaign season, Fulton campaigned for Hillary Clinton in Florida alongside other mothers who lost children to gun violence or incidents that involved police.

Fulton also delivered a speech at the Democratic National Convention in July.

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"There's no limitations," Martin said. "I think once you embark on a journey, you don't minimize your goal; you want to maximize your goals. So you start on the local level and then you work your way up and hopefully it will take us to a place where we can help more than just local, more than just state. National. That would be the focus."

The two also announced the release date of their new book, Rest in Power, which is slated to hit stores Tuesday. It will tell of Trayvon's "life and struggles, his tragic death, and the transformative movement for justice."

The book will conclude with Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal on charges of second-degree murder and manslaughter.