George Floyd Musical Tribute Poet Warns of ‘Worse’ Racial Tensions Five Years After the Murder

The murder of black George Floyd by a white police officer in May 2020 triggered the most massive protests in US history. Trump's America has little left: police violence is rising, racism is flourishing.

George Floyd musical tribute poet warns of ‘worse’ racial tensions five years after the murder

Within days of George Floyd’s 2020 killing by a police officer who kneeled on his neck, Herbert Martin channeled widespread public grief and outrage over the gruesome murder into a text for what became a choral work.“Everybody knew about it and everyone felt overwhelmed by it,” the poet said five years after the murder that inspired A Knee on the Neck. “One of the things that I thought was this is an opportune time to take advantage of this part…

5 years since George Floyd murder, Black lives still matter

In 2020, the police murder of George Floyd triggered a massive wave of protests in the US and around the world. Now the Trump administration is rolling back police reforms and some say there has been no improvement.

The rise and fall of Black Lives Matter Plaza

For nearly five years, Washington’s Black Lives Matter Plaza stood as a place to mourn, celebrate, argue and ultimately renew the nation’s commitment to the fight for equality. Then, amid a recent shift in political winds and under intense federal pressure, the Plaza and its message were reduced, bit by bit, into a pile of rubble.