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In their own words: Minnesotans on how George Floyd s life and death impacted them
Minnesotans describe how George Floyd s life and death impacted them.
By Reid Forgrave, Zoë Jackson May 24, 2021 9:27pm
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Josie Johnson 90, Minneapolis, longtime civil rights activist
“I have silently said to George Floyd, ‘George, I am sorry that you had to experience the method of your death. But what you have done, my son, is you’ve shown the world how our Black men are treated . You sacrificed your life to show the world.’ We’ve always known as a people the treatment the police department has modeled in their belief about us, but it’s always been a secret.”
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In a recent University of Minnesota survey, sixth through 12th graders across the state said getting help with mental health was one of the biggest challenges they were facing.
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Students gather on bleachers as a therapist leads them through group exercises for mental health during a student-organized school walkout at Tartan High School in April in Oakdale, Minn. Elizabeth Shockman / MPR News file photo
MINNEAPOLIS Sixteen-year-old Kyree Wilson, an 11th-grader at North Community High School in Minneapolis, has been learning remotely since the pandemic closed her school last March. Being stuck in a room, only able to access her teachers and lessons on a computer with hit-and-miss internet has been hard.
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