Protest leader stands in front of the Boone County Courthouse at the first protest held in Columbia on May 29, 2020, after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police on Memorial Day.The first of two protesters to be struck by a vehicle on June 1, 2020, is tended by fellow protesters at the intersection of Providence Road and Broadway in Columbia, Missour.Behonsay Williams is struck by a car on Monday, June 1, 2020, as protesters blocked the intersection of Providence and Broadway in Columbia, Missouri. The protest was sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on Memorial Day. The incident was one of a few tense moments in an evening of otherwise peaceful protest. Williams was knocked to the ground as the vehicle sped through the intersection. After several minutes, other protesters assisted her in getting back on her feet. The young woman refused medical attention and spent the rest of the evening continuing to protest.
Williams is tended to by friends.
Williams rises after a few minutes to continue her protest the rest of the evening.
Columbia police overlook protesters from atop the parking garage at Eighth and Walnut Streets on May 29, 2020.Students participate in the Solidarity March on the Mizzou Quad on May 31, 2020. Protesters carried an American flag with the words ‘Stop Killing Us’ spray painted on it.Protesters carry a flag inscribed with the names of individuals who died at the hands of police on May 29, 2020, as they march past the Columbia Police Department.Protesters carry a flag inscribed with the names of individuals who died at the hands of police on May 29, 2020, as they march past the Columbia Police Department.Protesters stage a die-in at the intersection of Elm Street and South Providence Road on June 6, 2020, as Columbia Police Department vehicles block traffic.Protesters march past the Boone County Courthouse on May 29, 2020.Protesters march north on Eighth Street from the MU campus on June 13, 2020.
Long time Columbia, Missouri, activist Bill Easley leads protesters as they march west on Elm Street on June 13, 2020.The Rev. Molly Housh Gordon addresses the crowd assembled for the Faith Voices protest on July 4, 2020, from the steps of the Boone County Courthouse.Children participate in the die-in on June 13, 2020, at the intersection of Elm Street and South Providence Road.A child holds his protest sign aloft as his mother participates in the die-in on June 13, 2020, at the intersection of Elm Street and South Providence Road.
Rev C.W. Dawson speaks to the crowd assembled for the Faith Voices protest on July 4, 2020, in front of the memorial marker for James Scott. Scott was a Black man lynched by a white mob at the site in 1923.
