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Painter Harold Smith is enjoying a period of professional success, and he wants friends who live east of Troost Avenue in Kansas City to share the rewards with him. Smith s 2019 solo show at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art featured large-scale, boldly-colored paintings of a group of people he says he feared were becoming invisible: everyday, hard-working, Black men.
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KCUR 89.3 A police officer in riot gear moves toward lingering protesters in the Plaza late on May 30 as police began sweeping people out of the area block by block, sometimes using tear gas to disperse crowds.
On the anniversary of George Floyd s murder, KCUR revisits images from the past year of social unrest and solidarity in Kansas City.
Over the last year, reporters at KCUR have documented the social unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd by then-Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin and the resulting demands for racial justice.
At protests, rallies and events around Kansas City, photojournalists Carlos Moreno and Julie Denesha captured moments of tension, conflict, solidarity and creativity. On the anniversary of Floyd s death, we re-examine these images as part of our ongoing reflection of what s changed and what hasn t.