Along Lakeside Avenue in Downtown Cleveland between City Hall and the Cuyahoga County Courthouse, ten sculptures dot the sidewalk in front of Mall C. In the background, organizers set up for the annual Juneteenth Freedom Fest, taking place Saturday.
The sculptures are part of a national storytelling project, The Stories of Us, where local artists from several cities are invited to explore one of ten themes centered around the Black experience in the context of history, the present and the future.
The project originated in Detroit last year and has also made its way to New York City, New Orleans and now Cleveland…