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1. Bridgett Floyd The world knows him as George Floyd, but to me, he was my big brother, Bridgett Floyd says. His devastating death in May at the hands of the Minneapolis police ignited protests around the world. Floyd and her siblings have bravely turned pain into purpose, establishing the George Floyd Memorial Foundation to uphold their brother s legacy of mentorship and service, as well as to fight for nationwide police reform. Since its inception, the foundation has handed out hot meals to the homeless in Fayetteville, N.C. (where George was born), and also created an internship program geared toward Black men at his alma mater, Texas A&M University. Floyd insists these steps are just the beginning. I believe that s what it means to be a badass: remaining confident and standing in your purpose, she says. My brother would always say to me, I m for ya, and it s an honor to know that today and for the rest of my life, I m for him.

2020 Was the Year of the Black Voter—And Black Joy

POLITICO 2020: The Year Black Voters Said, ‘Hold Up’ In the face of hardship and pain, Black Americans found their power and flexed. And they had fun doing it. Election worker Fran Ison helps voters at the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. | Darron Cummings/ AP Photo By TERESA WILTZ Link Copied Teresa Wiltz is a politics editor at POLITICO. It goes without saying that 2020 ranks as one of the all-time worsts, particularly if you come wrapped in melanin. Goodbye and good riddance to 2020’s cascade of horrors: a once-in-a century global pandemic. A pandemic disproportionately slamming people of color. Worldwide recession as a result of said pandemic. Not to mention that 400-year-old epidemic American-style racism laid bare for all to see.