Cubist George Floyd and "Say Their Names"

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Title

Cubist George Floyd and "Say Their Names"

Coverage

3001 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Description

Left: Cubist portrait of George Floyd. "GEORGE."

Right: painted text "Say Their Names" and the names of Black People killed by police.

Source

Also documented by Froukje Akkerman on 2020-06-15.

Rights

Froukje Akkerman

Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Date

Contributor

SE

Identifier

UAM-GF_0896

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.

Original Format

Portrait and Painted Text

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