The 2020 protests against police brutality led to a record-breaking number of non-white acting nominees at the 93rd Academy Awards, with eight Oscars won in total.
Darnella Frazier
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George Floyd: His death moved the world—but the community he died in is standing still
Four years later, George Floyd Square stands as a painful reminder of unfulfilled promises.
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Girl who witnessed George Floyd’s killing releases book for his birthday
‘A Walk to the Store’ to be released on what would have been George Floyd’s 49th birthday.
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Minneapolis police officer charged in fatal crash that killed Leneal Frazier
Minneapolis Police Officer Brian Cummings has been charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminal vehicular homicide for a fatal car crash that killed Leneal Frazier.
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Minnesota native Darnella Frazier named to the 2021 EBONY Power 100
‘After what has been a most challenging and turbulent year, this year’s nominees and honorees represent a wide range of people who persevered and continue to do the work.’
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Tragedy strikes again: Darnella Frazier’s uncle latest victim of police chase
At the makeshift vigil Wednesday night, the pain was palpable as family and friends gathered and shared stories and remembrances of Leneal Frazier.
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Darnella Frazier identifies her uncle Leneal Frazier as innocent man killed during police car chase
Darnella Frazier, the teenager who recorded George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police, has identified the innocent man killed after a police car chase as her uncle Leneal Frazier.
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Chauvin’s sentencing not surprising, but there were unexpected, troubling moments
Judge Peter Cahill sentenced Derek Chauvin to 270 months in prison for the murder of George Floyd, citing aggravating factors of abuse of position of trust and infliction of particular cruelty.
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Darnella Frazier honored with Pulitzer Prize special citation
The Pulitzer Prize Board announced on Friday that Darnella Frazier would be awarded a special Pulitzer Prize for her courageous recording of George Floyd’s fatal arrest.
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‘I knew his life mattered’: Darnella Frazier honors the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death
“A year ago, today I witnessed a murder. The victim’s name was George Floyd.”
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What the Chauvin murder trial revealed about the U.S. ‘justice’ system
The Chauvin murder trial further exposed to the world the fragility of American democracy and the lie of American exceptionalism.