Black Lives Matter Graffiti
Various graffiti and messages on plywood boards (painted black) outside U.S. Bank Plaza. They read "Prayers for: (add your own)," "All love," "Life," "God loves babies!" "Justice for Duante Wright"(sic), "You get your justice in your ass, Derek! Stillwater here you come!" "Change starts with the [heart]," "No justice no peace," "Heal our community," "Lord, make us instruments of your peace by way of justice," "Justice for Daunte," "Say His Name: George Floyd," "Minnesota 'Nice' Killed George Floyd," "It starts here," "The color of my skin is not a weapon!" "Abolish not reform," "You did more to protect this building than you did George Floyd!" and "Black power."
During the trial of Derek Chauvin. This photo was taken one day before the verdict in the case was given.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Rebekah Coffman
UAM-GF_2297
200 South 6th St #145, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Black Lives Matter Messages
Messages on plywood boards covering windows. The left-most board says "Black Power" above a raised Fist. The next plywood board, which covers a door, reads "My City." The next four boards contain various messages including "MPD Murdered George Floyd," "I didn't know breathing was a luxury?", several "BWM" in bubble letters and writing, two 'G' bubble letters with a halo overtop of them, and a cartoon-style portrait. Faint green paint can be seen behind newer messages reading "Pigs" and "Fuck 12."
South Hennepin County Human Service Center
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Heather Shirey
UAM-GF_2453
2215 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Black Power and George Floyd Tribute
Two murals on plywood boards covering doors. The left is in yellow and red and features a Black Power Fist with the words "Black" above the fist and "Power" below it. A name is written in the fist. The right mural features a silhouette of George Floyd shooting skyward. Movement is shown by a splattering of blue, white, and yellow paint. The stenciled words "Rest in Power George Floyd" are below the silhouette. It is signed "CH."
South Hennepin County Human Service Center
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Heather Shirey
UAM-GF_2459
2215 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Black Power with Sankofa
A painting on pavement reading "Black power" with Sankofa, an image symbolizing the concept of learning from the past and seeking renewal.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Sally Hite
UAM-GF_2517
3759 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Black Power
A single plywood panel is painted with a yellow and red outlined fist of power. "Black Power" has been painted in yellow with red shadows.
Seward Pharmacy
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Photographer: Rachel Weiher
UAM-GF_2574
2209 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Black Power, My City
Two plywood panels are seen next to each other. The right panel is painted with a black fist of power and the text reading "black power" in blue and black on a white background. The left panel reads "my city" in green paint with a black outline on a white background.
Seward Pharmacy
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Rachel Weiher
UAM-GF_2579
2209 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Projections on Robert E Lee Monument
These photographs show projections on the Robert E. Lee Memorial. The first image depicts W.E.B. Du Bois. Portrayed on the horse above W.E.B. Du Bois is "BLM." The second image depicts George Floyd and above this image is the phrase "BLM." The third image depicts Harriet Tubman with the phrase "BLM" on the horse. The fourth image depicts the Black Power fist with the phrase "Monument Ave Was Originally A Segregated Neighborhood."
Dustin Klein
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: Dustin Klein
Photographer: Sarah Juliet Lauro
UAM-GF_2988
1700 Monument Ave, Richmond, Virginia, United States
What Matters
This plywood depicts a white and black stencil of a person with a red cloth around their neck. The person's right fist is the Black Power fist pose. Beneath the person are the words "What Matters."
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Photographer: Todd Lawrence
UAM-GF_3000
George Floyd Square
Black Power
"Black Power" is spray-painted in green on a brick wall.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Todd Lawrence
George Floyd Square
Black Power Fist
The outline of a Black Power Fist is spray painted in black on the side of a building.
Article about the photographer's work:
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1041543414/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art
Interview with the photographer: https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A282592
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Photographer: Nadine Seiler
UAM-GF_3151
1567 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20502