One year ago on May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd, a Black man, died in police custody, in full view of bystanders who captured cellphone video of Officer Derek Chauvin pinning Floyd with a knee on Floyd’s neck. In the weeks that followed, millions of people across the world marched in demonstrations lasting weeks; the four Minneapolis police officers involved, including Chauvin, were fired, then later arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter charges (Chauvin was found guilty of murder in April); and U.S. residents and businesses began to reckon with racial justice in a wave “nearly unparalleled in American history,” as the New York Times wrote this morning. Below are a few pieces highlighting the events of 2020-21.

“A timeline of what has happened in the year since George Floyd’s death,” the New York Times.  
“How Black girls grapple with witnessing police violence,” 19th News.
“Corporate America grapples with George Floyd’s death one year later,” Politico.
“Black teachers ground down by racial battle fatigue after a year like no other,” the Hechinger Report.