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Painted for the organization Can't Forget the Kids.
A statement from the artist on their Instagram post featuring the mural reads: "A mural I created for @cantforgetthekids on Lake st.
We must remember what example we are setting for future generations to come. Allow yourself to improve this world for your time alive as well as future lives in our time."]]>2023-06-16T16:02:03-04:00
Creator
Scorpio
Title
Can't Forget the Kids
Coverage
2209 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Description
A mural featuring two children with the phrase "Can't Forget the Kids" between them. A collection of colorful rainbow triangles completely covers the plywood boards.
Painted for the organization Can't Forget the Kids.
A statement from the artist on their Instagram post featuring the mural reads: "A mural I created for @cantforgetthekids on Lake st.
We must remember what example we are setting for future generations to come. Allow yourself to improve this world for your time alive as well as future lives in our time."
Source
Timelapse of Mural's Creation Instagram Posts from the artist and organization: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBvt36plkQC/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CBvdNsVhzsf/ Organization: Can't Forget the Kids Organization Instagram: @cantforgetthekids
Mural style street art created to involve children as a working art piece, "Dear Children feel free to add your mark as a promise to do better". One addition writes "I AM BLACK. BLM" In addition, numerous handprints have been added to the mural.
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Crosslegged, the child has short curly hair and is dressed simply in an all-white short sleeve shirt and shorts. On the ground near the child's right hand are multiple crayons, which the child has used to draw flowers and a heart that reads "BLM" for Black Lives Matter. The crayons and the child's drawings offer the only pop of color in the image. The child extends their left hand up, offering to the police officer a hand drawn yellow flower with a simple green stem.]]>2023-06-16T16:01:53-04:00
Title
Flowers for the Future
Coverage
3800 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
Description
On an all-white background, the poster depicts a black-and-white illustration of a Black child seated to the left and a white police officer in full riot gear to the right.
Crosslegged, the child has short curly hair and is dressed simply in an all-white short sleeve shirt and shorts. On the ground near the child's right hand are multiple crayons, which the child has used to draw flowers and a heart that reads "BLM" for Black Lives Matter. The crayons and the child's drawings offer the only pop of color in the image. The child extends their left hand up, offering to the police officer a hand drawn yellow flower with a simple green stem.
He Was Just A Boy - Emmett Till | Bringing Back Bowery
Coverage
310 Bowery, New York, New York, 10012
Description
A portrait of Emmett Till in the artist's colorful style with an oversized head, long thin neck, and small shoulders and torso - a restyling of a classic image of Till wearing a brimmed hat, Till was a 14-year-old African American who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in her family's grocery store. The brutality of his murder and the fact that his killers were acquitted drew attention to the long history of violent persecution of African Americans in the United States. Till posthumously became an icon of the civil rights movement. The text around the plywood portrait reads: "He Was Just A Boy Only 14 They Loved Young and They Died Young. Emmett Till."
Source
Posted by @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram. Caption: "Amazing Mural by @cattcaulley and @liza_and_the_clouds at 310 Bowery Bar."
Rights
Artists: Catt Caulley and Robert Blodgett
Image: @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram
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There is a poster that has a black power fist with pink, blue, green, and purple and reads “Trans Gay Nonbinary Immigrant Disabled Neurodivergent Mothers Fathers Elderly Afro-Latinx Children [;] Black Lives will always Matter! Love Trumps Hate”
There is an image of a fence that only has two posters on it and it reads ‘Democracy is Stronger Than Trump” and "Trump Hates Democracy” but there are zip ties on the fence that show there were other posters or items attached to the fence previously. There is a doily-like collar to represent Ruth Bader Ginsberg as this is similar to the lace collar that she wore while she was on the United States Supreme Court.
There is an origami bird on the ground in front of the fence and the posters read “people build peace” “We See Another Black Man Murdered” “Black Trans Lives Matter”
There is a photograph of Tamir Rice and it’s within a plastic cover and it reads “Tamir Rice Nov 22, 2014 [;] Rest In Power”.
There is a photograph of Sheneque Proctor and it’s within a plastic cover and it reads “Sheneque Proctor Nov 1, 2014. There is an image of Greg Hill Jr on a poster that is a memorial poster and it reads “Never Forget [;] Greg Hill Jr [;] Sunrise 10-28-83 [;] Sunset 01-14-14 [;] Celebrating LIFE the day you past away” There are other posters that read “#SayHerName”.
There is an image of Mussolini and Donald Trump’s head has replaced Mussolini’s and it reads “Dimestore Mussolini? [;] Concerned.” And there are words spraypainted on the poster that reads “Toxic Loser”
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Title
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 21 November 2020
Coverage
H Street NW and 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C., USA
Description
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There is a poster that has a black power fist with pink, blue, green, and purple and reads “Trans Gay Nonbinary Immigrant Disabled Neurodivergent Mothers Fathers Elderly Afro-Latinx Children [;] Black Lives will always Matter! Love Trumps Hate”
There is an image of a fence that only has two posters on it and it reads ‘Democracy is Stronger Than Trump” and "Trump Hates Democracy” but there are zip ties on the fence that show there were other posters or items attached to the fence previously. There is a doily-like collar to represent Ruth Bader Ginsberg as this is similar to the lace collar that she wore while she was on the United States Supreme Court.
There is an origami bird on the ground in front of the fence and the posters read “people build peace” “We See Another Black Man Murdered” “Black Trans Lives Matter”
There is a photograph of Tamir Rice and it’s within a plastic cover and it reads “Tamir Rice Nov 22, 2014 [;] Rest In Power”.
There is a photograph of Sheneque Proctor and it’s within a plastic cover and it reads “Sheneque Proctor Nov 1, 2014. There is an image of Greg Hill Jr on a poster that is a memorial poster and it reads “Never Forget [;] Greg Hill Jr [;] Sunrise 10-28-83 [;] Sunset 01-14-14 [;] Celebrating LIFE the day you past away” There are other posters that read “#SayHerName”.
There is an image of Mussolini and Donald Trump’s head has replaced Mussolini’s and it reads “Dimestore Mussolini? [;] Concerned.” And there are words spraypainted on the poster that reads “Toxic Loser”
Source
The Black Lives Matter Memorial fence was a temporary chainlink fence installed in the area north of Lafayette Park and the White House from June 2, 2020, until January 30, 2021. The fence prevented public access to the area, and it also served as an important site of protest and self-expression.
Activist Nadine Seiler played a crucial role in protecting and caring for the fence, along with Karen Irwin and other activists in a loosely-formed group informally known as the "Guardians of the Fence." Nadine Seiler and Aliza Leventhal systematically documented the fence over the course of months, and Seiler became the de facto curator of the fence.
Additional information:
Library of Congress blog post "Protest Preserved: Signs from D.C.'s Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence"
D.C. Public Library Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence Artifact Collection”
Six brown children with fists raised, holding signs that say 'BLM' and 'In memory or George'. Large red flag that says 'stand together' with a black power fist.
Rights
posted on Instagram by @minneapolismurals
artist: simonealexaart
George Perry Floyd (October 14, 1973 - May 25, 2020) was a 46-year-old Black American man who was murdered by former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin after Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly 9 minutes in the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. Floyd’s murder sparked an international movement for Black Lives Matter, the largest civil rights movement of the century. On March 12, 2021, the city of Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit brought by Floyd's family. On June 25, 2021, Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison for his crimes.
George Floyd Square, 38th & Chicago, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Description
Orange writing on the sidewalk reading "The Children Are the future...Teach them Well, And let them Lead the Way!" The punctuation of the exclamation point is a heart.