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Special report: George Floyd was exposed to an array of injustices.

A new Post series examines how systemic racism shaped his life and hobbled his ambition. wapo.st/3debkUn
George Floyd came of age as the strictures of Jim Crow discrimination in America gave way to an insidious form of systemic racism, one that continually undercut his ambitions.

Like many Black Americans, he was behind long before he was born. wapo.st/2SA9pQH
This review of George Floyd’s life is based on hundreds of documents and interviews with more than 150 people, including his siblings, extended family members, friends, colleagues, public officials and scholars. wapo.st/2SA9pQH

This story is the first of a six-part series.

The Post will examine how systemic racism has calcified within many of America’s institutions, creating sharply disparate outcomes in housing, education, the economy, law enforcement and health care. wapo.st/2SA9pQH

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