Why Do We Have to Keep Telling You Black Lives Matter?
Graffiti on the external wall of Decatur House reading "Why Do We Have to Keep Telling You Black Lives Matter?" This is written in black spray paint.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
UAM-GF_3020
748 Jackson Pl NW, Washington, DC 20006
Why Do We Have To Keep Telling You About Black Lives Matter?
"Why Do We Have To Keep Telling You About Black Lives Matter?" is spray-painted in black on the side of a building.
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1041543414/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art">Article</a> about the photographer's work<br /><br /><a href="https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A282592">Interview</a> with the photographer
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
1617-1659 H St NW, Washington, DC 20506
We Fight Back
Large blue text reading "We Fight Back" (situated next to "I Can't Breathe").
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Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Minnesota
UAM-GF_0007
985 Grand Ave, St Paul, MN, USA
True Peace
Plywood covering the windows of Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Gifts & Foods decorated with a quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr.: "TRUE PEACE IS NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF TENSION, IT IS THE PRESENCE OF JUSTICE. - MLK"
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Nick Steffel (nsteffel@gmail.com)
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0242
1601 E Lake St,
Support East Side Love
Photo of Salvation Army exterior. The windows have all been boarded up with plywood. Each window board has one word written on it with white and blue lettering that combine to make a phrase you can read left to right: " support" "east" "side" "love.' There is a heart coming out of the L in Love.
Photo was taken from a moving vehicle. As of 6-16-2020, these signs are no longer up.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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KBK
MN
UAM-GF_0231
1019 Payne Ave
Studio Payne BLM Sign
Photo of studio Payne art gallery and oddities building. The windows and doors are not boarded up, but a large piece of plywood is resting against the front window. It reads: "Black Lives Matter #ican'tbreathe" in white letters
This photo was taken from a moving vehicle. The sign is still being displayed as of June 16th 2020.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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MN
UAM-GF_0230
1129 Payne Ave
Sign: If we do this "your way" we are doomed to do this again...
Homemade sign in front of the burned out AutoZone car parts store reading "If we do this "your way" we are doomed to do this again..."
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Barbara Economon, photographer, barb.economon@walkerart.org
UAM-GF__0598
2610 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Rest in Power George Floyd 1974-2020
Decorated plywood covering the door of Taqueria & Birrieria Las Cuatro Milpas featuring a portrait of George Floyd. His likeness is surrounded by fist imagery, flowers, a winged heart labeled 1974-2020, and a message to Rest In Power. Plywood covering the windows also decorated with art and signs reading "MAMA I CAN'T BREATHE" and "JUSTICE FOR GEORGE."
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Nick Steffel (nsteffel@gmail.com)
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0240
1526 E Lake Street
Red "No Justice No Peace" and "BLM STAY STRONG"
Red spray-painted messages on plywood covered storefront windows. Messages include "No Justice, No Peace", "Justice for George", "Say His Name", and BLM Stay Strong". Three purple hearts are also on the boards.
Black Bird Cafe
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Froukje Akkerman
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0380
3800 Nicollet Ave.
Protest graffiti at the Veterans Administration
Graffiti on the facade of the Veterans Administration building, including "ACAB" and "Fuck Trump" written in spray paint.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
UAM-GF_3019
810 Vermont Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., USA