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The Intersection Where George Floyd Died Has Become a Strange, Sacred Place. Will Its Legacy Endure?


The Intersection Where George Floyd Died Has Become a Strange, Sacred Place. Will Its Legacy Endure?
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Jeanelle Austin brought together a group of caretakers who maintain George Floyd Square near the spot where Floyd was killed. Art, protest signs, candles, books, and more are collected inside the Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center. The group preserves these items in what is now known as the George Floyd Global Memorial.
Like a lot of us, Alfonzo “Box” Williams, 44, saw the footage the last moments of George Floyd’s life, at 38th Street and Chicago Avenue online, the day after Floyd died. ....

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Artists reflect on George Floyd in three new Minneapolis billboards


Artists reflect on George Floyd in three new Minneapolis billboards
Works by Seitu Jones, Xavier Tavera and Jim Denomie now tower over George Floyd Square. 
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A tear gas canister, labeled Don t let anyone convince you that non-violence is ineffective. George Floyd s face in blue, surrounded by re words ( repair, resolve, remake ). A reimagined scene from the Wizard of Oz with this text: All Mothers Were Summoned When George Floyd Called Out for His Momma.
These billboards hover over the intersection of 38th and Chicago, where George Floyd s life was cut short last year.
Twin Cities artists Xavier Tavera, Seitu Jones and Jim Denomie designed the billboards as part of the Social Justice Billboard Project initiated last July by NE Sculpture Gallery Factory with the intention of elevating the voices of BIPOC artists. ....

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