When George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis under a police officer's bent knee, it sent shockwaves more than 1,200 miles away in Houston. Floyd grew up in Houston's Third Ward, and his death sparked ...

On May 25, 2020, Houston native George Floyd was killed after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds, while Floyd was handcuffed and ...

Al Sharpton, Ben Crump and Rep. Nikema Williams joined George Floyd’s family in Houston to mark five years since his death and condemn Trump’s reform rollbacks.

In Houston, the Rev. Al Sharpton spoke at a private graveside service. Sharpton said Floyd represented all those ‘who are defenseless against people who thought they could put their knee on our neck.’ ...

Rev. Al Sharpton will join George Floyd's family for a memorial service at Houston Memorial Gardens, the Pearland cemetery where he was buried in 2020.

It’s unclear why the building, at the intersection of Elgin and Ennis streets in the Third Ward, was torn down. A man who calls himself Bobby said the abandoned laundromat on the corner of Elgin ...

A cultural landmark in Houston was quietly demolished, eviscerating a mural honoring George Floyd in the historic Third Ward neighborhood. The spot that used to house a building covered in art ...

George Floyd, a Black man, died by the hands of a white police officer on May 25, 2020, which spurred Black Lives Matter demonstrations protesting ...

Police reform and civil-rights activists joined thousands of people on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder and decry the Trump administration for actions they say ...

On the basketball court, Floyd’s height and strength won attention from George Walker, a former assistant coach at the University of Houston hired for the head job at what is now South Florida ...

Five years after a police officer murdered George Floyd, my colleagues and I attended events at the Minneapolis intersection where he was killed and in his hometown, Houston. They were both a tribute ...

As the cities where Floyd grew up and died hold commemorations, the US "reckoning" with racism seems to be fading.