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

In the Houston housing project where he grew up, George Floyd was respected as a man who spoke from hard, but hardly extraordinary, experience.

Five years since George Floyd's murder, the U.S. has witnessed a drastic step away from racial equity support, from the dismantling of DEI initiatives to the rollback of Biden-era police reform. Floyd's brother Philonise joined Rev.