George Floyd, Black Lives Matter
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Washington’s Black Lives Matter Plaza stood as a place to mourn, celebrate, argue and ultimately renew the nation’s commitment to the fight for equality. Then, amid a recent shift in political winds and under intense federal pressure,
One legacy of Black Lives Matter is how it engaged young people in causes beyond police brutality in the United States. Many who protested anti-Black racism became part of the college campus movement against the relentless Israeli assault on Gaza in response to Hamas fighters’ Oct. 7, 2023, sneak attack on Israel.
Black Lives Matter street murals appeared in cities across the U.S. following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.
A rally Sunday in Chicago was part of a larger national effort by many of the same groups that amplified the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd's killing five years ago.
On May 25, 2020, the killing of George Floyd led to what is considered the largest protest movement in United States history and a conversation on racism and policing. Floyd, a Black man, died after Derek Chauvin,
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Demonstrators hoped to reignite the conversation about racial justice and police accountability after the 2020 murder of Floyd by former officer Derek Chauvin.
In a guest column, Urbana Police Chief Larry D. Boone reflects on leading a large law enforcement division — and holding a Black Lives Matter sign — in the days
Five years after George Floyd's murder, the future of George Floyd Square is in limbo, Black Lives Matter murals are erased and reforms rolled back.