King’s death roiled the nation, sparking widespread protests, demonstrations and marches in 125 cities. Black lives continue to be devalued through the thousands of policy and political choices that have been made between King’s assassination and Floyd’s death. This movement recognizes the long journey ahead to achieving genuine racial justice in this country. ADFifty-two years after King’s assassination we have arrived at another crossroads in the country’s long troubled racial history. Black Americans, having already suffered the premature death, unemployment, and indignity triggered by the covid-19 pandemic, received another unconscionable measure of grief with the tragedy of Floyd’s death on video.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2020 20:15 UTC