Floyd spurred broad push for change globally, activists say
People will remember 2020 not just as a year of upheaval over George Floyd, but as a year in which people demanded and took bold action toward systemic change, said Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and activist. This time the victim was George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black father of five captured in a sickening citizen video taking his final breaths under a white officerโs knee. Still, for Wallace, the situation confirmed to him that systemic change has to be deep and structural. โYouโll march for George Floyd,โ the activist said, โbut would you have hired him?โ____Morrison reported from New York City. Ad___Find the APโs full coverage of the death of George Floyd: https://apnews.com/hub/death-of-george-floyd___Morrison is a member of the APโs Race and Ethnicity team.