(Anna DalCortivo) May 26, 2020. People come from all directions: holding signs, wearing masks. It’s quiet, considering the size of the crowd. The day after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police, the space that will become George Floyd Square is blocked off by some kind of red ribbon, twisted through the doors and windows of a barricade of cars. Flowers mark the spot on the sidewalk where he died. In the days to come, the flowers multiply and other forms of memorial emerge: vigils, murals, billboards, portraits. In the 12 months since Floyd’s murder, community members have continued to occupy and preserve George Floyd Square. The semiautonomous zone is built for and around Black liberation: a fight for a world in which Floyd would still be alive. It aims to both resist oppression and avoid oblivion.