Raymond Johnson Jr. was 30 years old when his life ended on May 7, 2008, in Buffalo, New York. He was a Black/African American man, and the weight of that single line of facts can’t fully capture what it meant for the people who loved him, the places that still carried his footsteps, and the ordinary moments that suddenly became “the last time.”
In a city where neighborhoods are stitched together by familiar streets, corner stores, porches, and the steady rhythm of family routines,
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