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Collected Item: “Hearing Floyd Breathlessly Call for his "Mama"”

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Hearing Floyd Breathlessly Call for his "Mama"

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Instagram

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“Even as an adult, I’m 31, when I feel depleted or I have nothing left, even as a mother, I call on my mom,” said Nikkia Hines, of St. Louis Park. Hearing Floyd breathlessly call for his “mama” in the video that has now been seen around the world is what called mothers everywhere to action. “His mother had already passed and that was his last straw,” said Hines. “That part. I can’t…I can’t verbalize how I feel.” - reporting by Courtney Godfrey

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mother, mama, George Floyd, protest, march, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Social Justice, ASU, HST580

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CBl5A-pnKcs/

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Drew Arrieta @itsdrw

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2020-06-18
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