‘I Want To Touch the World’

<p><em>This episode contains strong language.</em></p><p>Nearly 30 years ago, George Perry Floyd Jr. told a high school classmate he would “touch the world” someday. We went to the funeral in Houston of an outsize man who dreamed equally big and whose killing has galvanized a movement against racism across the globe.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/manny-fernandez" target="_blank">Manny Fernandez</a>, The New York Times’s bureau chief in Houston.</p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Mr. Floyd’s funeral served as both a<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/09/us/george-floyd-funeral-houston-unrest.html" target="_blank"> national reckoning and a moment of personal mourning</a>. The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded more action against police brutality.</li><li>As a young man, Mr. Floyd had big plans for his future.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/george-floyd-who-is.html" target="_blank"> This is the story of his life and dreams</a>.</li></ul>