Gen Z watches Chauvin trial with cynicism, urgency
Georgia State student Matia Wright poses in Atlanta on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Photo for The Washington Post by Nydia Blas)
Georgia State student Matia Wright watches the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (Photo for The Washington Post by Nydia Blas)
Brandon Williams wears a pendant of his uncle George Floyd during a news conference in Minneapolis on Monday, March 29, 2021. (Washington Post photo by Joshua Lott)
The casket of George Floyd exits after a memorial service in Minneapolis on June 4, 2020. (Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges)
Published April 04. 2021 12:07AM
Rolling Stone Year in Review: How Black Lives Matter Inspired a New Generation of Youth Activists
Young people across America found their voice in 2020, harnessing social media to lead the fight for change in their communities
By Vanessa Charlot for Rolling Stone
Khalea Edwards didn’t believe it at first. Someone on a text chain of organizers from Occupy City Hall STL, a movement she helped lead this past summer calling for the resignation of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, informed the group in November that Krewson was retiring. Edwards wanted proof. Then Krewson made the announcement herself. “We spent the whole day in shock,” Edwards says. “We were crying.”