Black Lives Matter Protest on the Village Green

This panoramic photograph shows protestors standing on all four corners of the Village Green for the Black Lives Matter protest in Worthington on June 3, 2020. Protestors carried signs supporting the movement, and passing cars honked to show their support. The view is from the southeast corner of the Village Green.

The Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 began at the end of May, following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, along with a history of systemic racism and police brutality against Black people. Tens of millions of people in cities across the United States and world participated in the protests. A July 3, 2020 article in “The New York Times” estimated that the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 may be the largest movement in United States history. Worthington was the site of several protests.