The murals that lie in the MLB Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson and Minnie Miñoso Hall with racist vibrations and a swastic cross in Miami this week.
The Miami Police Department was notified of the crime on Monday and the Ministry’s investigation unit was investigating the accident as a hate crime, Tell a sports officer on Friday.
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Writing on the walls consists of a sastel -sided cross on the face of both legs, with the word n also used twice on Robinson. Since then, murals, which are located in Dorshi Park in the Miami Black District historically, have been covered with wooden paintings.
Dorshi Park Many of the stormy Negro league teams hosted in the twentieth century. The artist promised the murals to restore it in a statement to the athlete:
“This was a hate act, but he will not introduce us,” said Kyle Holbroc, the artist who drew the mural in 2012 as part of the MLK mural project in partnership with local artists. “This mural was born from the pride of society, its history and their strength. We will restore it – stronger and more bold, and more. Black history is American history. The spray paint cannot erase that fact.”
The United States, Representative Sheila Shervilus-Mazork (D-FL), which includes the Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, The “evil hate law” condemned in a statement on Wednesday:
“This act of sabotage is not just an attack on a piece of public art – it is an attack on dignity, pride and cultural heritage of the Overtown community and the countless individuals who fought and continue to fight for racist justice.
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Robinson and Miniuu are leading leading roles in MLB history only, but in the struggle for civil rights. Robinson broke the color of the baseball with Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, while Miniuu was the first Afro Latino player in MLB and the first black player in the history of Chicago White Sox.
Both men play in Negro league tournaments. Minionso died in 2015 and was recruited after his death in the Hall of Fame in 2022.
