Breonna Taylor Front Cover
You won t find any hollywood actors on this september s cover of vanity fair.
Breonna taylor front cover. A portrait of breonna taylor a 26 year old emergency technician who was fatally shot in her bed by us police in louisville kentucky will grace the cover of vanity fair for its september issue. Instead the title has put an illustration of breonna taylor by artist amy sherald. For the cover story taylor s mother tamika palmer sits through a series of interviews with coates and recounts the story of her own life breonna s too short 26 years the terrifying night. Three plainclothes lmpd officers wearing vests reading police entered her apartment in louisville kentucky executing a no knock search warrant.
Police were acting on a no knock warrant a controversial type of search warrant that. Oprah winfrey puts breonna taylor on the cover of o magazine s september issue marking the first time in 20 years that the mogul hasn t featured on the front of the publication. Breonna taylor s family are worried about a cover up. The painting by the us artist amy sherald whose 2018 portrait of the former first lady michelle.
Editor in chief radhika jones invited vf contributing editor ta nehisi coates to guest edit the issue which explores art activism and power in the 21st century america. Taylor who was 26 years old when she was shot and killed will be featured as a portrait. Breonna taylor covers vanity fair s september issue in a stunning blue portrait by the artist who painted michelle obama for the national portrait gallery. Breonna taylor fatally shot by kentucky police immortalised by amy sherald for vanity fair front cover painter who famously depicted michelle obama honours 26 year old for magazine s september.
Breonna taylor the black woman who was shot and killed by police in her home and has become a symbol in the protests against systemic racism will grace the cover of vanity fair s september issue. Media caption questions still aren t answered.