Remembering George Floyd and the Racial Reckoning He Sparked

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🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We remember George Floyd, five years after his murder by a Minneapolis police officer. In the days and months after Floyd’s death, millions of Americans took to the streets to protest racism and police violence, ushering in a new era of racial reckoning. Robert Samuels, co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography “His Name is George Floyd,” wonders however if “the backlash feels more enduring that the reckoning itself.” We’ll talk about who George Floyd was and where the struggle for racial justice is headed. Guests: Robert Samuels, national political enterprise reporter, The Washington Post - co-author, "His Name is George Floyd: One Man's Life and them Struggle for Racial Justice" Clyde McGrady, national correspondent covering race, The New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:21.6	We look at where the struggle for racial progress stands five years after the murder of George Floyd. The brutality
1:29.3	of that moment prompted millions of Americans and many around the world to take to the streets
1:34.2	to protest racism and police violence. Robert Samuels, who joined us a few years ago for his book,
1:40.0	his name is George Floyd, is with us again to contemplate the backlash to the racial reckoning of 2020
1:46.4	and where the fight for racial justice is headed.
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