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Two days, two blocks: Artist defies the odds to complete massive mural honoring George Floyd
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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.
City of Houston employees help with some last-minute painting of a mural in honour of George Floyd
Photo Credit: Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle via AP
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.