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An installation by artist Sandeigh Kennedy of 657 pairs of shoes in memory of the more than 600 mass shootings that occurred in the United States in 2023, is seen in Houston, Texas, on January 15, 2024 as the country marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Each pair of shoes has “a marker denoting the location, date, number of injuries, and the number of lives lost at each event. Each pair is painted black to give a sense of equality to each victim”, says the Texas artist. The shoes are displayed in front of the Broken Obelisk, a Barnett Newman sculpture, at the Rothko Chapel Plaza. In 1969, the city of Houston refused to place it in front of its City Hall because it was honoring Martin Luther King. (Photo by Cecile Clocheret/AFP Photo)
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