Minnesota youth activist on race in America, 5 years after the murder of George Floyd

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published May 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM EDT

In 2020, Jerome Richardson co-founded the Minnesota Teen Activists, a student group in the Twin Cities. We first spoke with him in 2021, just after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd. We hear from him again.

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