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George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police in 2020 started an uprising in Minneapolis and across the country. A new book and accompanying art exhibit spotlights and documents the art from that time period: the plywood murals made by protesters and mourners during the uprising. MPR News host Nina Moini talks with Leesa Kelly, the book’s author and founder of the organization, “Memorialize the Movement,” along with Amira McClendon, an artist and curator of the exhibition at the University of Minnesota.
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