Meet the New Generation of Activists Organizing Protests in the Wake of George Floyd's Death
The leaders of some of the many rallies are young, black New Yorkers working for change, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
Photo by Susan De Vries
Three weeks after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protests continue to sweep the streets of New York City — with young, black New Yorkers on the front lines.
The demonstrations, which have already pushed the state to pass a package of police reforms, have been largely orchestrated by a new generation of local activists fed up with racial injustice, protest organizers said.
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