May 25, 2021
ABC
(MINNEAPOLIS) As mourners around the country observe the one-year mark of George Floyd’s death, family members, activists and scholars reflected on the legacy he left behind.
Floyd was 46 years old when he was killed by now-convicted murderer Derek Chauvin, a former officer with the Minneapolis Police Department. The moment was caught on video and went viral, sparking a racial reckoning across the U.S. that still reverberates today.
As part of ABC News’ primetime special “After Floyd: The Year that Shook the World A Soul of a Nation Special,” airing Tuesday, May 25 at 10 p.m. ET, several people spoke about how they believe Floyd will be remembered. Here’s what they had to say.
George Floyd holds up a Bible. (Resurrection Houston/Nijalon Dunn)
It s been another heavy news week in America with a rare guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin, the former police officer convicted in the murder of George Floyd.
Last May, Floyd s death reignited the Black Lives Matter movement around the world. For those who knew Floyd, his loss hit close to home. George Floyd was a Christian who mentored young men in Houston s Third Ward before he moved to Minnesota.
Here & Now s Tonya Mosley speaks with
Patrick Ngwolo, lead pastor of Resurrection Houston, who knew Floyd as an ally and a friend, about the message he will deliver to church members on Sunday.
Years before a video of George Floyd s last moments, Floyd trained a camera on himself chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.