Two days, two blocks: Artist defies the odds to complete massive mural honoring George Floyd
Lydia Dillard, Texas Southern University
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Jonah Elijah creates massive mural honoring George Floyd in 2 days
Time steadily ticked away as Jonah Elijah only had two days to complete the biggest project of his rising career.
Within those two days, the Houston Third Ward native sketched and painted a two-block-long Black Lives Matter mural to honor the life of a Houston native, whose name resonates around the world.
George Floyd is the man the mural would honor. The crimson and gold painting would be anchored in front of Jack Yates High School on Alabama Street, both Floyd and Elijah’s alma mater.