A funeral service for George Floyd was held yesterday in Minneapolis. In his remarks, attorney Benjamin Crump said the fight for justice following Mr. Floyd’s death is part of a greater fight to help “America be America for all Americans.”
Rev. Al Sharpton then delivered the eulogy, echoing the words of Mr. Floyd’s six-year-old daughter, Gianna: “You changed the world, George.”
Mr. Floyd’s body is now going to Raeford, North Carolina, the state where he was born forty-six years ago. A two-hour public viewing and private service for the family will be held there tomorrow.
A public viewing will be held Monday in Houston, where Mr. Floyd was raised and lived most of his life, followed by a service Tuesday at The Fountain of Praise church and a private burial.
These multi-day, multi-city services are just one indication of the significance of Mr. Floyd’s life and horrific death. Demonstrators have marched through streets or gathered at US embassies in Canada, the UK, Germany, and New Zealand as well.
Four examples of a connected world
George Floyd’s brutal death on Memorial Day has sparked a national and international protest against racial prejudice and injustice. This is not, however, the only example of the fact that humanity is more globally connected than ever before. Consider four others.
One: A pandemic that originated in a city most of us could not find on a map has infected more than 6.6 million people in 188 countries or regions and led to nearly 400,000 deaths (as of this morning).
Two: The financial cost of the COVID-19 pandemic could be as high as $4.1 trillion. This figure does not include the cost of forty million unemployed Americans, the damage of the recession for lower-income families, the effect of school…
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