Organizers explain the gentrification of the Pleasant Street area at the third stop of the protest at A. Quinn Jones Museum and Cultural Center. Danielle Chanzes, a volunteer for the Gainesville Alliance for Equitable Development, said that after Seminary Lane apartments were torn down in 2009, hundreds of Black residents were promised affordable housing as a replacement, but no progress had been made since then.
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Dec. 18Satchel Raye, the owner of Satchel's Pizza, speaks to officials from Gainesville Police Department and Gainesville Fire Rescue after the arson of the Satchel's Pizza van. (Photo courtesy of Satchel Raye)
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Dec. 13A Luigi Mangione lookalike contest flyer sits inside a newspaper stand on UF's campus on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.
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Dec. 13Contestants of the Luigi Mangione lookalike contest stand in a line in the Plaza of Americas on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.