. Meanwhile, the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 led to the re-emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement and ignited a conversation about the connection between these two incidents. “One of the things we have to understand is that this history was purposefully erased.
The white newspaper did not cover, they refused to print stories about it; it was not part of school curriculums,” says Stanley Nelson, director of History Channel’s. “It was purposefully erased, you know, so I think that it is important that we understand that.”He adds, “I think that now that the story is coming to light you know it can’t be put back in the box.
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