An artist-run nonprofit is planning a memorial dedicated to Black people whose names have been lost to history. 'I feel with Breonna Taylor and the whole say her name campaign, it's the very same thing,' says a creative officer leading the project.
Poet and author Hannah Drake is working on a memorial dedicated to Black people whose names have been lost to history. She's shown above standing near the Ohio River in Louisville on July 23, 2020.Poet and author Hannah Drake is working on a memorial dedicated to Black people whose names have been lost to history. She's shown above standing near the Ohio River in Louisville on July 23, 2020.
"What did they do when they weren't working tobacco fields or hemp fields? When they wanted to escape to Indiana, what were they dreaming about?" she wonders. Kentucky claimed neutrality during the Civil War, but it was a slave state. Freedom lay on the other side of the river. "It's just right there, you can see it," Drake says."If you just get across, then hopefully your entire life could be different."
The memorial will lead people from nearby history museums to the bank of the Ohio River. There, they can sit on limestone benches looking out across the water from Kentucky to southern Indiana.The memorial will lead people from nearby history museums to the bank of the Ohio River. There, they can sit on limestone benches looking out across the water from Kentucky to southern Indiana.
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