New Delhi, May 26 -- Americans on Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of George Floyd's death, a moment that once ignited a worldwide reckoning on race and policing. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was killed on May 25, 2020, when white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over nine minutes. The graphic footage of the arrest, captured by bystanders, spurred a historic wave of protests across the US and abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.

George Perry Floyd Jr., whose final moments under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer were captured in a video that shook the world, was many things before he became a global symbol for racial justice and police reform. He was a father, a mentor, a former athlete, and a ma...