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Collected Item: “George Floyd Funeral”

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George Floyd Funeral

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Photograph, Wall Street Journal

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This is an image of the funeral of George Floyd, whose death from police brutality has sparked a wave of protests across the world against police brutality even in the midst of pandemic.

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/george-floyd-the-athlete-classmate-remembered-at-houston-school-11591714153

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

GODOFREDO A. VÁSQUEZ/PRESS POOL

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2020-06-09
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