Final Farewell To George Floyd; Legislating Law Enforcement; Images From The Protests

Plus, 50 great movies that make up the black film canon. by Jill Hudson and Suzette Lohmeyer First Up [Mourners attend Floyd's memorial Monday at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston.]( Lucio Vasquez/Houston Public Media Here's what we're following today. In the last of three services, George Floyd will be remembered Tuesday at a funeral in Houston, Texas, where he spent his formative years. Floyd was killed by Minneapolis Police during an arrest last month. [His death has sparked a nationwide reckoning]( about race relations and police brutality. Floyd, 46, will be buried next to his mother. President Trump met with law enforcement officials Monday at the White House. [The president is considering proposals to respond to Floyd's death]( but the White House has not provided details on the substance or timing of those ideas. Earlier Monday, congressional Democrats unveiled sweeping legislation aimed at preventing abusive conduct by law enforcement, although it's not clear what, if any, bills could advance in the Republican-controlled Senate. Some of the country's most polluting industries have flooded state regulators with requests to ease environmental regulations, according to [an NPR review of hundreds of state environmental records](. Companies are citing the coronavirus pandemic, saying it is interfering with their ability to comply with laws intended to protect the public from pollution. In the government's hurried pandemic response, more than 250 companies, some with little or no medical supply experience, got contracts worth more than $1 million without fully competitive bidding. Sixteen of the companies had only [registered to do business with the government]( for the first time this year. And at least three companies formed just days before they obtained the contracts, NPR found. The Trump campaign is preparing to restart in-person rallies in the next week or two. This would mark [the president's return to the campaign trail]( after the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down in March, reports [Politico](. President Trump's political advisers are still determining where to hold rallies and what safety protocols to put in place. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listens [Selma portrays a period of history when Martin Luther King Jr. led marches to demand rights for black people who were systematically prevented from registering to vote in the South. Coleman Domingo (from left) plays Ralph Abernathy, David Oyelowo plays Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Andre Holland plays Andrew Young and Stephan James plays John Lewis.]( Atsushi Nishijima/Courtesy of Paramount Pictures Four years ago, Slate published a list of [50 great films by black directors](. The list was put together by Dan Kois and Aisha Harris in 2016. Harris — who is now with The New York Times — was [a recent guest on the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast]( to talk about some of the work that belong in anyone's history of film, from comedy to romance to historical drama. ([Listen here]( Theaters around the country closed due to the coronavirus pandemic are struggling to get works out to the public. Some have made archival video of productions available, some have created Zoom plays and some have returned to an old-school art form — radio drama — but with a digital twist. ([Listen here]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Picture Show [Left photo: Sky Vang of Washington, D.C., marked her birthday Saturday. "I gotta celebrate my birthday this way because I may not get another," she said. Right photo: Davian Rasberry, left, Joy Davis, middle, Deshawn Raspberry, right, were passing out supplies and water to demonstrators.]( Tyrone Turner/WAMU Tens of thousands of demonstrators crisscrossed Washington, D.C., on Saturday, as protests against police brutality in the nation's capital continued into a second straight weekend. The protests, sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd by police, were the city's biggest yet since a white Minneapolis officer pinned the 46-year-old black man to the ground with his knee until he died. [Multiple groups gathered and marched peacefully]( at several major landmarks, from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol to the newly minted Black Lives Matter Plaza. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [The Pointer Sisters, UK, 16th January 1974; they are June Pointer (1953 - 2006), Bonnie Pointer, Anita Pointer and Ruth Pointer.] Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images - R&B singer Bonnie Pointer, a founding member of The Pointer Sisters, died Monday at age 69. The cause of death was cardiac arrest, [reports CNN](. Pointer and her siblings grew up singing in the Oakland California church where their father was the minister. The group won a Grammy in 1974 for their country song, "Fairytale." - Bon Appétit magazine editor in chief, Adam Rapoport, [abruptly resigned on Monday]( after a racially offensive photo surfaced online. The undated photograph from a Halloween party shows Rapoport and his wife in stereotypical costumes meant to portray Puerto Rican dress. - Fans of the Korean boy band sensation BTS are harnessing social media to [match donations to the Black Lives Matter movement](. - Workers in Paris began removing large sections of damaged scaffolding from the exterior of [Notre Dame cathedral]( this week. The scaffolding had initially been placed for renovation, but was caught in a 2019 blaze that destroyed the spire and roof. Some pieces are thought to have melted together in areas because of the heat of the blaze. --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow [The New Normal]( on Instagram! What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: [dailynewsletter@npr.org](mailto:dailynewsletter@npr.org?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback) Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? 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