S unday, May 25, marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer—a moment captured on video that sparked global protests and a nationwide reckoning with racism and police violence. Since then, many of the demands for justice voiced in the streets in 2020 have been met with retrenchment: calls for police reform have been rolled back in cities across the country; diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs have ended ; and laws banning certain ways of teaching