Texas Southern University Offers George Floyd’s 6-Year-Old Daughter Full Scholarship

Texas Southern University announced it would give George Floyd’s daughter Gianna a full scholarship. This was announced at his funeral.

“TSU’s Board of Regents, with its foundation board, has approved a fund to provide a full scholarship for Floyd’s beloved daughter, Gianna,” the university announced in a social media post. “TSU’s executive and academic staff will prepare a place for Miss Floyd if she wishes to attend the University.”

George Floyd was born in North Carolina and grew up in Houston, where he graduated from Jack Yates High School in the shadow of TSU. Floyd later moved to Minneapolis, where he died on May 25 while detained by police.

Floyd’s funeral took place Tuesday in Houston, he was buried next to his mother, whom he called for as he was dying.

His family was joined by relatives of other black people who lost their lives at the hands of police.