University of Pennsylvania: Historian Mary Frances Berry Responds to the George Floyd Protests
June 06, 2020
June 06, 2020
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 6 -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following statement by historian Mary Frances Berry:
America is in mourning. Across the country, people grieve for George Floyd, who died on May 25. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man and father, was suspected of using a $20 counterfeit bill to purchase cigarettes. As Floyd lay handcuffed, face down in the street, a police officer pressed a knee into Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes until the man finally . . .
America is in mourning. Across the country, people grieve for George Floyd, who died on May 25. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man and father, was suspected of using a $20 counterfeit bill to purchase cigarettes. As Floyd lay handcuffed, face down in the street, a police officer pressed a knee into Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes until the man finally . . .