Despite the objections of U.S. Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green, the Senate committee voted out the redrawn congressional map Monday without addressing the district overlap. The map heads next to the full Senate for a vote.
City of Houston employees help with some last-minute painting of a mural in honour of George Floyd
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A mural honouring George Floyd was recently revealed outside his former high school.
The two-block mural is located directly in front of Jack Yates High School in Houston, TX.
Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died in May 2020 after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck.
“We come to celebrate the life and legacy of our hometown hero, Mr. George Floyd,” Carl Davis, chairman for the Houston Society for Change, said during the dedication ceremony.
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The life of George Floyd will forever be remembered in Houston through a piece of colorful street art.
Stretching two blocks of Alabama Street, bright red and gold paint came together to represent the legacy Floyd left behind. This (artwork) is another public statement that the life and death of George Floyd is not in vain, said Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner at the street art unveiling ceremony on Feb. 6. That eight minutes and 46 seconds is still being resonated throughout the globe.
Floyd was killed on May 25, 2020 when Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee against Floyd s neck even as Floyd said he couldn t breathe.