New memorial announced for victims of racist murders in Buffalo
A PERMANENT memorial honouring the 10 black victims of a racist mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket will feature interconnected stone pillars and arches, and a windowed building where exhibitions and events will be held, it was announced on Monday.
The design, Seeing Us, by Jin Young Song and Douglass Alligood, was revealed a day before the second anniversary of the attack.
It was selected from among 20 submissions to the 5/14 Memorial Commission, which was established months after a white teenage gunman opened fire at a Tops supermarket on May 14 2022.
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