The global impact of the Black Lives Matter movement

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4.5 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

It’s been 566 days since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. His death spurred millions of people across the globe to protest in support of Black lives. We examine the impact in three locations: United Kingdom, Mexico and Nigeria. Guests: Aba Amoah, co-founder of Justice for Black Lives, Alice Krozer, professor at the Center for Sociological Research at the College of Mexico and Chika Okeke-Agulu, director of the African studies program at Princeton University and professor of art and archeology. Credits: "Axios Today" is brought to you by Axios and Pushkin Industries. This episode was produced by Nuria Marquez Martinez and edited by Alexandra Botti. Alex Sugiura is our sound engineer. Julia Redpath is our executive producer. Special thanks to editor-in-chief Sara Kehaulani Goo.

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0:00.0	That's his name?
0:04.0	George Lord!
0:05.1	What's his name?
0:06.2	George Floyd!
0:07.3	Hands up!
0:08.1	Don't shoot!
0:08.9	Hands up!
0:09.6	Don't shoot!
0:11.1	He said to me that.
0:12.3	I'll never forget it.
0:14.1	Daddy changed the world.
0:17.1	I told her this afternoon,
0:19.2	Daddy did change the world.
0:22.3	It's been 566 days since George Floyd was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer.
0:29.1	His death, along with the deaths of Brianna Taylor, Ahmad Aubrey, and others spurred millions of people from France to Australia to Mexico and beyond to protest all over
0:39.9	the world in support of Black lives. Welcome to Hard Truths. I'm Naila Boodoo.
0:50.2	Since October 2020, we've been doing special podcast episodes each month looking at the issue of systemic racism.
0:57.8	As part of the Axios project, we've been calling hard truths.
1:01.5	We've used that lens to look at voting rights, the uphill climb finding a job after prison,
1:07.3	even the Iroquois National lacrosse teams fight to be included in the Olympics.
1:11.9	And so much more.
1:13.5	Now, to end the year, we're looking past our borders
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