art-and-cultureUpdated: Jun 09, 2020 16:03 ISTMallory Jackson first met George Floyd in a high school English class in Houston’s Third Ward. Jackson has not eaten or slept much since watching images of his old friend dying under a policeman’s knee. “You see a friend of yours on TV for all the wrong reasons and you know you won’t be able to see him anymore. The two met for the first time in an English class in middle school, where they spontaneously started making music together. Then I will beat my hammer on the desk, then everybody will be quiet,’“ she read from Floyd’s assignment for Black History Month.

Source: Hindustan Times June 09, 2020 10:33 UTC