Boo hiss! #DC's #BlackLivesMatter mural will be erased. Look back at the iconic street painting
March 8, 2025
"#WashingtonDC'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 to remove the enormous mural near the #WhiteHouse comes after a U.S. Rep. #AndrewClyde, R-#Georgia, introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding. The bill also called for the area in downtown D.C. to be re-named from #BlackLivesMatterPlaza to Liberty Plaza."
Read more:
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321872/dc-black-lives-matter-street-mural-history?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#USPol #ErasingHistory #BLM #StreetArt #BlackHistory #Racism #Censorship #FascistBlackmail #Fascism #BlackHistoryIsUSHistory #FederalFunding #Authoritarianism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Racism
