Tag: George Floyd

At the height of his influence in America, during a period of history when lynching was widely used to terrorize and control Black people, a Black man born a slave had the ear of leading industrialists and philanthropists including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and George Eastman.  The same...

When Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the killing of George Floyd we sighed, we rejoiced, we danced a little – but now what? What does true justice look like for Black America?

Writers, activists and elected officials pen op-eds to try and make sense of George Floyd, police brutality, protests and what comes next.

On Friday, May 29, thousands stomped through downtown and Corktown to protest police brutality and demand justice for George Floyd.