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BOYNTON BEACH, FL — The city of Boynton Beach has agreed to pay $80,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a trailblazing Black firefighter who was depicted as white on a mural commissioned by the city. The city was embroiled in a racial firestorm after the June 2020 unveiling of the mural, based on a […]
The city had never had a Black woman as a firefighter before Latosha Clemons, but last year when she glimpsed a publicly commissioned mural depicting her, she said, she didn’t recognize herself: She was white. The mural, created as a window covering for a new fire station in Boynton Beach, Fla., as part of a […]
“The City Commission will meet in a closed-door session to discuss the litigation. It is not a public meeting,” City Manager Lori LaVerriere confirmed to CNN in an email Sunday. Latosha Clemons filed the lawsuit in April against the City of Boynton Beach. According to the complaint, a mural intended to honor her and others […]
The 4 by 8 foot mural is at 2252 N. Milwaukee Ave., just east of California Avenue. Holbrook, 42, wants it to inspire people to talk about solutions to gun violence, both through public policy and community organizing, he said. The murals are small so people will be more likely to take selfies and spread […]