Breonna Taylor

Breonna Taylor was a Black healthcare worker from Louisville who became an iconic figure of the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprising, the largest protest movement in U.S. history. She was murdered in her home by three plainclothes police officers, and her name has become a symbol for the countless victims of racist oppression and the fight to end that oppression. A ceramic statue of her was erected in December 2020, then smashed and stolen two weeks later during repeated attacks. That attempt to intimidate the movement backfired, as hundreds of people donated in solidarity to fund a bronze recreation that incorporates ceramic elements from the original statue and the original pedestal. It is dedicated to the victims of police violence and all those fighting for a world free of oppression.

Oakland, California · United States