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Photos: Mayo Clinic's Plummer Building doors closed to "close the door on racism"

The doors to the Plummer Building were closed as a gesture to demonstrate that Mayo Clinic is closing the door on racism on Wednesday. The doors will be closed until tomorrow.

072920.N.RPB.PLUMMERBUILDINGDOORS.488.JPG — The doors to the Plummer Building are closed as a gesture to demonstrate that Mayo Clinic is “closing the door on racism” on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in at Mayo Clinic in downtown Rochester. The doors will be closed until tomorrow. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

By Traci Westcott

July 29, 2020 02:53 PM

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072920.N.RPB.PLUMMERBUILDINGDOORS.487.JPG — The doors to the Plummer Building are closed as a gesture to demonstrate that Mayo Clinic is closing the door on racism on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in at Mayo Clinic in downtown Rochester. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

072920.N.RPB.PLUMMERBUILDINGDOORS.491.JPG — The doors to the Plummer Building are closed as "a gesture to demonstrate that Mayo Clinic is closing the door on racism” on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in at Mayo Clinic in downtown Rochester. The doors will be closed until tomorrow. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

072920.N.RPB.PLUMMERBUILDINGDOORS.494.JPG — The doors to the Plummer Building are closed as "a gesture to demonstrate that Mayo Clinic is closing the door on racism” on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in at Mayo Clinic in downtown Rochester. The doors will be closed until tomorrow. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

072920.N.RPB.PLUMMERBUILDINGDOORS.492.JPG — The doors to the Plummer Building are closed as "a gesture to demonstrate that Mayo Clinic is closing the door on racism” on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in at Mayo Clinic in downtown Rochester. The doors will be closed until tomorrow. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)

By Traci Westcott

Traci Westcott is a photojournalist for the Post Bulletin covering the southeast Minnesota region. Before she moved to Rochester, she was a photography intern for the Dubois County Herald in Jasper, Indiana. Readers can reach Traci at 507-281-7470 or twestcott@postbulletin.com.