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Five years after the George Floyd protests in Green Bay, organizers reflect on the fight for racial justice.

While large-scale protests have diminished, organizers emphasize the importance of community events like Juneteenth to celebrate Black joy and resilience.

Hannah Beauchamp-Pope opened Facebook on June 3. Memories of the Black Lives Matter protests five years ago in Green Bay greeted her.

Green Bay shared in the nationwide protests calling for police reform and ending racial injustice after George Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis when a police officer kneeled on his neck for nine minutes.

At the time, Beauchamp-Pope was a University of Wisconsin-Green Bay student. Going to law school to reform the criminal justice system was a dream in 2020.

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