George Floyd death recalls the lynching of Emmett Till, sparking slow civil rights reforms

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : In the immediate aftermath, roughly 64 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of the Black Lives Matter movement.
44% : The two authors map out Floyd's life in the context of the regions he called home; they examine issues of class and education and law enforcement that placed him there; and they delve into the minutia of his life, with the aspirations and addictions that prompted struggle.
37% : It's hard to deny we have a crisis with policing, but that's also a symbolic issue that stands in for other issues: health care, education, economic opportunity, criminal justice.

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