Camille X. chants during the “Bans Off Our Bodies” protest at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas on Sept. 1, 2021. Montinique Monroe/New York Times
Beyoncé speaks during Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign rally in Houston, Texas on Oct. 25, 2024. Montinique Monroe/WSJ
Pro-life and pro-choice supporters clash outside of Pan American Neighborhood Park, where Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke hosted a Rally for Reproductive Freedom on June 26, 2022 in Austin, Texas. Montinique Monroe/NYT
Youth dance during a Jump On It event at Givens Park in Austin, Texas on July 17, 2017.
Austin ISD faces unpopular options to fix budget by closing schools and redrawing boundaries. Montinique Monroe/KUT News
Demonstrators use milk as relief for tear gas after police officers tried to disperse them from the highway on May 31, 2020.
FBI agents work at the scene of a shooting that left 26 people dead and 20 others wounded at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Nov. 5, 2017.
Texas Southern University president Lesia L. Crumpton-Young (left) presents Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion with her diploma during TSU’s winter commencement ceremony in Houston, Texas on Dec. 11, 2021. Montinique Monroe/NPR
Thousands of people march from Austin City Hall to the Texas State Capitol to raise awareness and evoke change in Texas and U.S. gun policies. Montinique Monroe/KUT News
George Floyd's remains arrive for memorial service at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston, Texas on June 9.
Steve Hicks School of Social Work graduates walk toward LBJ Auditorium in preparation for the Fall 2019 Commencement on Dec. 7, 2019. Photo by Montinique Monroe/UT Austin
Amber Garcia (middle), 17, mourns her boyfriend Devonte Ortiz during a vigil at Travis High School football field. Ortiz, 19, who was an honor roll student and athlete at Travis, was shot and killed on July 4, 2018, after a dispute over fireworks.
A mural honors George Floyd at Scott Food Store in Houston. Montinique Monroe/The Washington Post
More than 5,000 protesters gathered in June 2020 for the Black Austin Rally and March for Black Lives at Huston-Tillotson University. Montinique Monroe/The Texas Tribune
People wait in line to cast their vote for incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 3, 2020. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images
Children jump in a bounce house during Texas Youth Rising's Party at the Polls event at Pan American Neighborhood Park on Nov. 2, 2018.
The Austin Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. celebrates 107 years of service and sisterhood on Jan. 13, 2020.
Pedestrians walk on an icy road in East Austin on Feb. 15, 2021. Texas experienced a unprecedented winter storm causing power outages for hundreds of thousands of Texans. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images
Fourth-grader Bradon Owens, who won the 2019 MLK Oratory Competition, addresses a crowd gathered at the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s statue at UT Austin on Jan. 21, 2019. Photo by Montinique Monroe for KUT News
Texas State troopers guard the Texas Capitol during a protest against police brutality in Austin, Texas on May 31, 2020.
Hundreds of protesters march to the Texas Capitol as nationwide protests have begun after the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years. Montinique Monroe/NYT