BY KEVIN DUGGAN
A new memorial at the Williamsburg
waterfront pays
homage to almost 200 Black
people who have been killed
by police or have died fi ghting
against racial injustice.
North Brooklynites installed
the tribute — titled
“Say Their Names” — at the
50 Kent Ave. pop-up park on
July 25. The memorial, which
features 187 portraits of Black
people who have been killed
advocating for racial justice
or by police violence, aims to
honor the victims and raise
awareness of how many people
have been lost beyond
those who have made national
headlines, according to the effort’s
organizer.
“There’s defi nitely a handful
of names that have gotten
national attention, but there
are so many more lives that
were taken through violence
and police brutality, so many
lives that went under the radar,”
said Joyce Kam. “People
are becoming aware that it’s
not just George Floyd, Breonna
Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery.”
The commemorative installation
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features pictures
ranging from 1960s civil
rights leaders like Malcolm
X, all the way to recent highprofi
le victims of police killings
like Taylor and Floyd,
whose deaths spawned global
protests against police brutality
and racism within law enforcement.
The Williamsburg resident
and a group of friends hung
the photos printed by Californian
fi rm Richard Photo Lab
and fl owers donated by several
Brooklyn and Manhattan
fl orists at the fence of the
temporarily-reopened lawn
between N. 11th and N. 12th
space Saturday morning.
She hopes it will further
spur discussions and raise
awareness in the neighborhood
of injustices against
Black people.
“I mainly want to keep the
momentum going of people
talking about fi ghting against
injustice. I think people are
seeing the vast amount of
lives being lost and the biggest
response I’ve gotten is ‘Wow
I don’t know the majority of
these names,’” she said. “It’s
planting that seed for people
to do their own research.”
Kam, a local wedding photographer,
was inspired by a
similar shrine set up by Joy
Proctor — a wedding planner
and friend of Kam’s — in Portland,
Oregon, and the idea
has since spread to places like
Santa Barbara, California, Seattle,
Washington, and Dallas,
Texas.
The city’s Parks Department
has given Kam permission
to leave the dedication for
a month, she said.
Brooklyn has been an epicenter
of protests in the aftermath
The new memorial at 50 Kent Ave., which locals installed on July 25.
Photo by Joyce Kam
of the May 25 killing of
Floyd by a former Minneapolis
police offi cer, with marches
and rallies taking place in the
borough every day for almost
two months since.
Kings Countians have
paid homage to Floyd numerous
times, including with a
sprawling mural in Canarsie
unveiled on July 13 with
Floyd’s brother Terrence.
‘SAY THEIR NAMES’
New Williamsburg waterfront memorial
honors Black lives lost to racial injustice
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