George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter has been offered a full scholarship to a university in Texas if she chooses to attend when she is older, the university has announced.
Texas Southern University said it will prepare a place for Mr Floyd's daughter, Gianna, after the board approved a fund to provide a full scholarship.
Gianna's father died after a white police officer held him down by pressing his knee into his neck for almost nine minutes in Minneapolis on May 25.
The university hopes the scholarship will "contribute to easing her journey through life".
“This board is committed to education and understands that a college degree is one of many powerful steps towards a productive and successful life,” Albert H Myres, chairman of the Board of Regents, said in a statement.
“We know that this gesture cannot take the place of her dad’s loving presence, but we hope that it will contribute to easing her journey through life.”
Gerald Smith, chairman of the Texas Southern University Foundation, said: “The TSU Foundation is proud to provide this privately-funded scholarship to Ms Floyd.
“We know the value of an education in the pursuit of solutions and generational progress. We look forward to embracing her into the TSU family.”
Mr Floyd's death has sparked worldwide protests and anti-racism marches against police brutality.
In the UK, thousands dropped down onto one knee on Wednesday evening and raised clenched fists in a mark of support for the Black Lives Matter movement, and in remembrance of Mr Floyd.
Campaign group Stand Up to Racism organised the peaceful and socially-distanced protest titled “TakeTheKnee”, urging supporters to push for societal change and “demand justice for those who have died because of institutional racism".
More demonstrations are planned up and down the country, including Reading, Hemel Hempstead and King's Lynn.
