Revisiting 'The Life of George Floyd'
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Today, we\\u2019re re-airing this special episode of \\u201cPost Reports,\\u201d where we tell the story of George Floyd\\u2019s life, his upbringing and how racism hobbled his ambition. Plus, an update from Floyd\\u2019s family members after the trial of Derek Chauvin.
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Last fall, the Post Reports staff and a team of reporters at The Post worked on an exhaustive telling of George Floyd\\u2019s life, about this one man and his family and the forces of systemic racism that shaped their experiences over the course of more than a century.
This week, in the aftermath of the Chauvin trial verdict, we are re-airing this story about George Floyd, to remind people about the real three-dimensional person whose life and death were at the center of the trial. We also went back to some of the people interviewed in the original episode to find out what they think about the verdict, and how they have been processing their grief almost a year after his death.
This story is part of The Washington Post\\u2019s series \\u201cGeorge Floyd\\u2019s America.\\u201d The reporting explores the institutional and societal roadblocks Floyd encountered as a Black man from his birth in 1973 until his death, and the role systemic racism played throughout his life. The series is based on a review of thousands of documents and more than 150 interviews with Floyd\\u2019s friends, colleagues, public officials and scholars. The picture that emerges is one that underscores how systemic racism has calcified within many of America\\u2019s institutions, creating sharply disparate outcomes in housing, education, the economy, law enforcement and health care.
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Credits Reporting for this episode from Ted Muldoon. \\u201cGeorge Floyd\\u2019s America\\u201d was reported by Arelis Hern\\xe1ndez, Tracy Jan, Laura Meckler, Tolu Olorunnipa, Robert Samuels, Griff Witte and Cleve Wootson. This \\u201cPost Reports\\u201d episode was produced by Ted Muldoon and Linah Mohammad and edited by Maggie Penman and Martine Powers.
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