Understand we are never leaving
“Understand we are never leaving” painted on the pavement on Monument Avenue sidewalk near the graffiti-altered Robert E Lee monument.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Marilyn Burnett
UAM-GF_1973
Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, USA
View through the fence of graffiti-altered Robert E Lee monument
View through the fence of graffiti-altered Robert E Lee monument and memorials to victims of police brutality. There is a posted notice stating that anything left near the fence would be removed.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Marilyn Burnett
UAM-GF_1973
Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Marcus David Peters
Street graffiti reading “Marcus David Peters” on Monument Avenue. Earlier protests in response to George Floyd's murder renamed the park around the Robert E Lee statue “Marcus Davis Peters Park” for a Black man killed by police in 2018.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Marilyn Burnett
UAM-GF_1971
Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA, USA
Black Boys Can't Dream Too Busy Living Nightmares
Street graffiti “Black boys can’t dream too busy living nightmares.” Spray painted on Monument Avenue sidewalk in front of graffiti-altered Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, VA.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Marilyn Burnett
UAM-GF_1969
Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA, USA
Graffiti-altered Robert E. Lee monument with fencing
Fencing around area where protesters gathered around the graffiti-altered Robert E.Lee monument on Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA. Layers of anti-racist graffiti were applied to the Confederate statue following the death of George Floyd. On Jan 25, 2021 the DGS installed fencing keeping visitors out to protect the public as the statue is readied for removal.
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Photographer: Marilyn Burnett
UAM-GF_1968
Monument Avenue, Richmond, VA, USA
Sign enforcing firearms restrictions in front of fenced in graffiti covered Robert E Lee monument. This was the site of Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality and contains memorials to people killed by police.
Notice outside Robert E Lee Monument
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Marilyn Burnett
UAM-GF_1970
Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, USA