BUFFALO, N.Y. Shenaya Ann Washington and a close friend cleared a small patch of grass at the base of a utility pole on Riley Street. They dug a hole there and planted a red rose bush seedling. Next to it, they leaned 10 prayer candles against the pole.
Long before an 18-year-old avowed white supremacist inflicted terror at a Buffalo supermarket, the city s Black neighborhoods had been dealing with wounds that are generations old
Long before an 18-year-old avowed white supremacist inflicted terror at a Buffalo supermarket, the city s Black neighborhoods had been dealing with wounds that are generations old
Just over a week ago, a white gunman in body armor killed 10 Black shoppers and workers at the supermarket that has been temporarily closed. Three others were injured in the attack, which federal authorities are investigating as a hate crime.