Photo gallery: After George Floyd, unrest, reckonings, dreams

Promises made

Amid the protests after George Floyd's murder, institutions and leaders across the nation vowed to confront systemic racism and help create a more equitable society. The Globe this week asks: How many of those promises were kept?

I, Too, Rage America

Some bold local police reform efforts follow Floyd’s death, but change at national level remains elusive

After George Floyd, unrest, reckonings, dreams

Leaders said a reckoning following George Floyd’s death would bring change to Boston police. The jury remains out

Companies take on the challenge of increasing diversity, aiding Black-owned businesses

Boston’s sports teams joined the cause with actions, not just words

At cultural institutions that pledged to diversify staff, hiring — and change — have been slow

R.I.’s Black leaders see some progress, but no systemic change one year after George Floyd’s death

EDITORIAL: George Floyd’s legacy: A wake-up call

It wasn’t the first instance of police brutality caught on video, nor the last. But George Floyd’s graphic murder on May 25 last year, pinned under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, shook the nation and beyond into the streets to demand justice for him and other Black Americans who fear for their lives every time they are stopped by police.

With the rallying cry of “Black lives matter,” thousands of protestors around the globe demanded an overhaul of policing, sparking a larger conversation that forced individuals, governments, and businesses to reexamine their role in either upholding or dismantling structural racism.

A year later, Chauvin has now been convicted of murder and manslaughter in Floyd’s death, offering a rare example of accountability. But the demands of this movement go beyond a single case. Though some signs of slow progress have emerged, so too have many more reminders of deeply rooted injustices that permeate the very foundations of this country. And the fix won’t be easy.

“Daddy changed the world,” Floyd’s young daughter said. Those fighting for equality can only hope she was right.

A protester carried a US flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building on May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis. Julio Cortez/Associated Press

Protesters and National Guardsmen faced off in St. Paul on May 29, 2020.John Minchillo/Associated Press

Protestors demonstrated outside of a burning fast-food restaurant on May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis. John Minchillo

In Boston, protesters made themselves heard in front of the State House during a peaceful march in May 2020 to protest the death of George Floyd. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

On June 1, 2020, President Trump walked across Lafayette Square after protesters in the square had been tear-gassed.Doug Mills/NYT

On June 2, 2020, a woman shouted at a line of police standing near a metal fence erected in front of Lafayette Square to keep protestors at bay.ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images

Throngs of protesters gathered in Minneapolis at the end of May 2020.John Minchillo/Associated Press

Motorists were ordered to the ground by police on May 31, 2020, during a protest in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd.John Minchillo/Associated Press

Activists enjoined Boston police to kneel with them during a demonstration outside of the Forest Hills MBTA Station on June 2, 2020. The rally and vigil were to honor George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and others. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

Human rights advocate Martin Luther King III and his family paid their respects before a memorial service in honor of George Floyd on June 4, 2020, at North Central University's Frank J. Lindquist Sanctuary in Minneapolis.KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images

In Washington, D.C., in June 2020, volunteers, with permission from the city, painted "Black Lives Matter" on 16th Street near the White House.Tasos Katopodis/Getty

Families participated in a children's march in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and national protests against police brutality on June 9, 2020, in Brooklyn, New York.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images

In Seattle on June 8, 2020, police and Washington National Guard personnel moved to retake control of an intersection as demonstrators clashed with law enforcement near the Seattle Police Department East Precinct. Earlier in the evening, a suspect drove into the crowd of protesters and shot one person.David Ryder/Getty

In Boston, Stephen Passacantilli of the Parks and Recreation Department examined the statue of Christopher Columbus in Christopher Columbus Park in the North End. The head of the statue was removed overnight in early June 2020. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was removed from the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 21, 2020. The statue, which represented Virginia in the US Capitol for 111 years, was removed after a state commission decided that Lee was not a fitting symbol for the state.Jack Mayer/Associated Press

Corey Harper kneeled with his fellow health care workers at Boston Medical Center during an 8-minute, 46-second moment of silence in June 2020 in memory of George Floyd and other members of the Black and brown communities who have lost their lives to police violence. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

NASCAR drivers Kyle Busch and Corey LaJoie joined other drivers and crew members as they pushed the car of driver Bubba Wallace to the front of the field prior to the start of the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on June 26, 2020. John Bazemore/Associated Press

A Black Lives Matter protestor yelled out of her car window as she joined others responding to a law enforcement and first responder rally in West Roxbury in June 2020. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

A large mural of Breonna Taylor was painted at Chambers Park in Annapolis, Md., in July 2020. Patrick Smith/Photographer: Patrick Smith/Gett

A man and woman disagreed on the removal of the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C., in June 2020. Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post/Associated Press

Armed homeowners Mark and Patricia McCloskey, standing in front their house along Portland Place, confronted protesters marching to the house of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson in July 2020.Laurie Skrivan/Associated Press

On July 4, 2020, Danielle Ruffen (left) embraced her friend as they held sacred space for the Black women who have been slain by law enforcement. They were among more than 1,000 people who gathered to celebrate the lives of Black women and demand an end to police violence with a march from Nubian Square in Roxbury to Boston Common. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

Members of the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics kneeled around a Black Lives Matter logo before the start of their game on July 31, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Ashley Landis/Associated Press