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George Floyd, a Black man, died by the hands of a white police officer on May 25, 2020, which spurred Black Lives Matter demonstrations protesting
Black Lives Matter street murals appeared in cities across the U.S. following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.
A rally Sunday in Chicago was part of a larger national effort by many of the same groups that amplified the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd's killing five years ago.
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,
Five years after George Floyd's murder, the future of George Floyd Square is in limbo, Black Lives Matter murals are erased and reforms rolled back.
One rumor we've fact-checked is whether U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters once introduced a bill to rename Memorial Day as "George Floyd Day."