Tensions ease at Unity Wall in Lake Worth Beach
Community comes together to work out differences
A section of Lake Worth Beach s freshly restored Unity Wall has already gotten a bit of a makeover.
and last updated 2021-01-23 16:49:49-05
LAKE WORTH BEACH, Fla. â A section of Lake Worth Beach s freshly restored Unity Wall has already gotten a bit of a makeover. Schoolteacher Brent Bludword and teen volunteers from Lake Worth High School began painting the Unity Wall last Saturday. The committee approved what students submitted to be depicted on one section of the wall.
Adorning the wall are civial rights activist Fredrick Douglas, Martin Luther King, Obama, and John Lewis, said wall artist and high school teacher Brent Bludworth.
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Richard Arrington watches as Mayor Randall Woodfin unveils the new sign dedicated to Bonita Carter on Thursday, October 24, 2019. (Shauna Stuart for AL.com)
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Black Lives Matter.
A phrase made popular after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. Shortly after the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City, the movement gained momentum and became a national voice protesting incidents of police brutality and racially motivated crimes against Black people.
Unfortunately, countless names have been associated with this movement. There have been multiple debates on its meaning, and it has often been countered (in attempt to discredit the purpose) with ‘All Lives Matter’. It was not until recently in the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, Breonna Taylor in Louisvill