"Floyd" acrostic poem
"Floyd" is written vertically on the ground in red. From each letter, a phrase is written. The "F" stands for "From Tragedy." The "L" stands for "Love Must Prevent." The "O" stands for "Our Cry." The "Y" stands for "Your Tragedy." The "D" stands for "Demands." Underneath this, "Change" is written in green.
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LA
Photographer: Todd Lawrence
UAM-GF_3030
George Floyd Square
Acrostic Poem "Floyd"
Surrounded by flowers and other tributes at George Floyd square, an acrostic poem appears using “Floyd.” The vertical letting of “Floyd” is orange outlined in yellow and the following text emerging from “Floyd” are yellow. Reading top to bottom the poem reads: “From tragedy, Love must prevail, Our Cry..., Your tragedy, Demands, Change.” The word “change” breaks from the acrostic structure and this change is noted by the artist changing the text color to green. This poem was painted on the street directly next to where George Floyd was murdered. A red, velvet rope marks the sacred space where he died.
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RW
Photographer: Rachel Weiher
UAM-GF_1798
Chicago Ave and E 38th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Angela Davis on Change
Against a black background, an image of Angela Davis on plywood panel. Surrounding her is white text that reads "I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change... I'm changing the things I cannot accept. If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night." The artist's tag, Mazur'20, is painted in white at the bottom of the portrait.
Matthew Mazur
https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/5/21304985/black-lives-matter-murals-round-up-artists
Urban Art Mapping
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D.Y
Creator: Matthew Mazur
UAM-GF_2472
Wooster St., Manhattan, New York, USA
Be the Change
"Be the Change" is painted on plywood in cursive script with organic shapes.
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AV
Annie Vitale (photographer): annenvitale@gmail.com
UAM-GF_0649
2910 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Believe It... Change Is Coming
"Believe It... Change Is Coming" is spray painted in blue on a sidewalk.
George Floyd Square
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RW
Photographer: Rachel Weiher
UAM-GF_2017
George Floyd Square, South Minneapolis, MN, USA
Can't Stop Change!
Black spray-painted text, "CANT STOP CHANGE!" and "BLM" with a heart. Gold bold letters, "Justice" underneath the aforementioned black text. A character raising up scales is beneath "Justice."
The character has elbow pads, a mask reminiscent of Greco-Roman architecture, and the scales have infinity signs on either end of them.
The character appears to be standing in fire.
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SE
Froukje Akkerman
UAM-GF_0945
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
CHANGE = HEALING, Healing Starts Within, Face Yourself
A black and yellow mural in the Gallery Place/Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, DC. On the yellow part of the mural, "Change = Healing Healing Starts Within"is written. On the black part of the mural, "Face Yourself" is written next to an abstract face.
The mural was photographed on the evening of July 28, 2020, as the late civil rights pioneer, Georgia Congressman John Lewis, lie in state in the nearby U.S. Capitol rotunda.
Keyonna James, Kayla, Paints Institute and Downtown CBID, and P.A.I.N.T.S Institute
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KC
Artist: Kayla (Instagram: @kaylashawnl), Keyonna James (Instagram: @kayemjay6), Downtown CDID (Instagram: @downtowndcbid), and P.A.I.N.T.S Institute (Instagram: @paintsinstitute)
7th & E Street, NW, Washington, DC
Change Starts with Us
"Change Starts with Us" mural with Black Lives Matter fist.
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EM
Photographer: Emily Magyar
UAM-GF_2160
Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Eye with Justice
A complex crocheted piece attached to fencing. The central element consists of an eye with the planet Earth in the center. Text reads "Justice for George Floyd." Additional text provides names such as Rodney King, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery. A rainbow is inscribed with the words "love love love." Additional text references BLM, the phrase "I can't breathe," and the command to vote.
LondonKaye
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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HS
Artist: https://www.londonkaye.com/
Photograph by Steven Nelson
DC
UAM-GF_0221
Lafayette Square
Hope and Unity Messages
Various messages of Hope, Love, Unity, Happiness, Community Strength and desire for change on the boarded up windows of the Aveda Institute.
Aveda Institute
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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HS
Photographs by Sally Pemberton
Minnesota
UAM-GF-0186
400 Central Avenue SE