Memorialize the Movement is dedicated to the preservation of the plywood murals created in response to George Floyd’s death Photo: Chioma Uwagwu, courtesy of Memorialize The Movement
The killing of Daunte Wright by a police officer last month has opened wounds afresh in Minnesota, where only a year ago the death of George Floyd, after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, sparked protests that spread across the country. With the trial of Chauvin just completed, and new demonstrations over Wright’s homicide, two grassroots groups, in partnership with a Black-led museum, are preserving work created in the aftermath of these events and readying an outdoor art exhibition. Featuring the messages, graffiti and murals made on plywood boards, which covered businesses during the civil unrest that erupted in 2020 after a video of Floyd’s death went viral, the show will also create a space to mourn Black lives senselessly los