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Black Lives Matter Plaza Is Gone
The jackhammers are quiet and the mural on 16th Street, Northwest, has vanished. The District of Columbia has dismantled ...
WASHINGTON – The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started ...
The bright-yellow paint, now fragmented into a growing pile of concrete, had spelled out the words Black Lives Matter over ...
The Black Lives Matter mural in Washington, D.C., was painted in June 2020 amid nationwide protests over the murder of George Floyd. Doug Mills/The New York Times As crews recently began dismantling ...
The movement that prompted “Black Lives Matter” to be painted in bold yellow near the White House is in retreat. Its leaders ...
The move comes as congressional Republicans threaten to revoke federal funding if the plaza is not repainted and renamed.
Washington, D.C.'s iconic Black Lives Matter street painting has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering ...
On Monday, the 45-year old Bowie, Maryland resident returned to the site of those protests to mourn the end of Black Lives ...
Workers painted the words “Black Lives Matter” on the mural, and Bowser named the place Black Lives Matter Plaza in a show of ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...
Washington, D.C.‘s iconic “Black Lives Matter” street mural, which has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering place for joy and resistance, will soon be gone. The decision ...