Creator
Noval Noir
Title
Black like the Night Sky series
Coverage
371 University Avenue W, Saint Paul, MN, USA
Description
A series of panels across several pieces of plywood:
1. Beautifully lettered text in black against a yellow ground. Text reads "Everytime you wash your hands it's a chance for a new beginning." by Hewana Sullivan Janzen.
2. Colorful raised fists against a yellow background.
3. Multiple panels across a door with poetic text by Tish Jones.
4. Text by Tish Jones reading "Black like Aspen Roots the connection Runs Deeper than the US Thought."
5. Drawing of George Floyd
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1. Beautifully lettered text in black against a yellow ground. Text reads "Everytime you wash your hands it's a chance for a new beginning." by Hewana Sullivan Janzen.
2. Colorful raised fists against a yellow background.
3. Multiple panels across a door with poetic text by Tish Jones.
4. Text by Tish Jones reading "Black like Aspen Roots the connection Runs Deeper than the US Thought."
5. Drawing of George Floyd
Additional details included
Source
Project initiated on June 7, 2020
Rights
Photographs by Sally Pemberton
Publisher
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
Date
Contributor
HS
Identifier
UAM-GF_1005
Subject
George Perry Floyd (October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020) was a 46-year-old Black American man who was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin after Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes in the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. Floyd’s murder sparked an international movement for Black Lives Matter, the largest civil rights movement of the century. On March 12, 2021, the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Floyd's family. On June 25, 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for his crimes.
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