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The American Cincinnatus: [1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first president general of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough".
The murder of George Floyd, a Black American man, by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, during an arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020, sparked large-scale protests against systemic racism, both in the United States and elsewhere. As a result of the protests, numerous controversial forms of symbolism were either changed or removed.
The 2022 name-change decision was a contrast to a pre-George Floyd renaming effort that failed in 2018. The community recommended it be named for the Camden Community it was located in.The city school board approved the change in late 2023 effective for the 2024-25 school year.
George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd might have used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill, on May 25, 2020. [2]
George Floyd protests Part of the United States racial unrest (2020–2023) and the Black Lives Matter movement Clockwise from top: Protesters in Minneapolis where George Floyd was murdered and the unrest began Police and National Guard at a protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bystanders and firefighters at a torched street in Minneapolis Protest near the Multnomah County Justice Center in ...
George W. Bush Administration. Scott McClellan – Matrix (generic name for White House press secretary) [84] Chief of Staff Andy Card – Potomac, [9] later Patriot [8] [9] Chief of Staff Josh Bolten – Fatboy [8] [9] Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao – Firebird [8] [9] Obama Administration. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel – Black Hawk [85]
Earlier this month, Floyd’s life and legacy was celebrated in a Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “His Name Is George Floyd,” co-authored by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.
The book uses the life of George Floyd and his murder by police officer Derek Chauvin as a lens through which to examine racism in the United States. It draws from interviews with Floyd's friends, family, and local community members. Floyd's ancestors are discussed—they worked as tenant farmers during the Reconstruction era. Aspects of Floyd ...