Five Years After the Death of George Floyd, Has Racial Justice Improved?
- Minneapolis and associated groups are organizing a variety of events and initiatives throughout May 2025 to mark the upcoming fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s death in south Minneapolis.
- These events respond to the impact of Floyd's death and ensuing protests, aiming to preserve stories and assess ongoing racial justice efforts through community dialogue and artistic expression.
- Key activities include a three-part Minnesota State Bar Association webinar series on legal system changes, oral history recordings with StoryCorps, a memorial mural exhibit, and a new documentary premiere on May 23.
- Memorialize the Movement preserves over 1,000 plywood murals from the protests, and organizers emphasize the importance of honoring both pain and resilience through events promoting 'radical joy' and community participation.
- These commemorations aim to deepen public understanding and ensure that voices affected by Floyd's murder are heard by future generations via archived interviews and ongoing cultural projects.
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The Lead Up of the Five-Year Anniversary of George Floyd
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Urban League head also offered that some companies spread the support by contributing to HBCUs and civil rights organizations. The report also captures, in an Urban League written statement, how institutions, advocates, and the business community have mobilized since George Floyd's death to advance policing reform and racial justice
Minneapolis still broken, divided and suffering 5 years after George Floyd death: ‘Black Lives Matter was never here’
ive years after the death of George Floyd during an arrest rocked the Twin Cities, causing almost $500 million in damages from rioting and igniting a national reckoning over police racism and brutality, the wounds have not healed. During a week in Minneapolis, The Post observed high tensions in the middle of the George Floyd Square memorial between an angry local black businessman and Floyd's aunt, Angela Harrelson, which set the tone for the re…
Pew Study Reveals Decline in Racial Equality After George Floyd's Murder | Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
A Pew Research Center study found that the focus on race and racial inequality following George Floyd's murder has not improved the lives of Black people, with 72% of Americans saying it has not made a difference. The post Five years after George Floyd, hopes for racial justice fade appeared first on Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
Five years after the death of George Floyd, has racial justice improved?
Five years after the murder of George Floyd, a flashpoint for nationwide protests and a movement toward racial equity, has racial justice improved?On Thursday Scripps News put that question to Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League."I would say that in the five-year period, important, positive steps were made," Morial said. "But now they're threatened. Because the new administration walked in and froze all civil rights inves…
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