on may 5th graphic video published of the shooting death of ahmed aubrey, an unarmed black man jogging in a georgia neighborhood. u.s. fatalities were at 75,000. unemployment spiked at 14.7% just the next day. that same month george floyd, an african-american man, is killed after a police officer put a knee on his throat, later setting off protests all over the country. and u.s. fatalities from coronavirus crossed 100,000. it was just last month police used tear gas and pepper spray and flashbangs against peaceful protesters outside the white house to clear a crowd for president trump to do a photo-op with a bible. and the u.s. supreme court extended rights to gay and transgender workers. just a few weeks ago we got a look at john bolton's book. just a few days ago the supreme court ruled against president trump's effort to shut down the daca program, and president trump held a political rally in tulsa the day the u.s. coronavirus death toll surpassed 120,000. ♪ six months of checks and balances in two minutes, and, of course, we look forward to six more months. you can always follow

ahmed aubrey, breonna taylor and george floyd. i hope you will join me first short moment of silence to begin. and now i would like to invite to our virtual stage alicia garza. >> hello. >> hey. so good to see you, alicia. >> so good to see you and good to be seen. >> so, i want to start our conversation out by going back a little bit. i think of moments like this is been, for a lot of people, obviously very upsetting and jarring to us but also, i think, for people moments of awakening and i think about in my own life growing up in new york and harlem and in the 70s and 80s how my consciousness developed most rapidly around some of the most traumatic moments of that coming-of-age. and not only having to do with proximity to death but so many people that were murdered during that time in my neighborhood but also so only who we lost to police violence. the first time i was out in the street and protest those deaths and can you tell us about -- you know, obviously we worked on this book together for some time now and so i know so muc