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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 18 November 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There are two large white tapestry’s that reads “Abolition Now” and “Fuck White Supremacy.” There is a large “X” that crosses out “white supremacy”.
Multiple posters read “Protect Black Womxn Love Respect Uplift” “Black Trans Lives Matter” “Say Their Names” “Reclaiming our...time. history. Choices. SPACE.”
There is a poster that reads “Black Trans Lives Matter” and the poster has the colors of the trans flag which are blue, pink, and white.
A white poster reads “Hey Donald! G.T.F.O. of Washington, D.C.! @ejbjazz [illegible]”
On a concrete roadblock with the Memorial Fence and Washington Monument in the background, it reads “Fake Police Abuse People For Real Here (Not An Act)”
A poster reads “school house edu and there is a drawing of a blackboard that is in front of didn’t colored circles that are supposed to represent ‘people’. This blackboard reads “’I’m tired of waiting for the day my racial justice lesson can be a history lesson...not a current events lesson. BLACK LIVES MATTER!’”
On the ground, multiple statements are written in chalk and it reads “This Is What Democracy Looks Like!” which is encircled in a speech bubble. Underneath this reads “Black Trans Lives Matter” and “BLM” as well as a drawing of a heart.
There is a crosswalk that has names of those who were victims of police brutality and on the white stripes of the crosswalk reads “MPD Murdered Karon Hylton Deon Kay Breonna Taylor [;] Protect Black Women [;] Fuck 12 Fire Newsham Fire Bagshaw” and on a poster that is hanging on a fence near this crosswalk reads “Fuck My Privilege Black Lives Matter”
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Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 27 September 2020
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.
There are photos of the Tuskegee Airmen accompanied by text reading "Black Lives Mattered...in World War II"; 54th Mass. Regiment reading "Black Lives Mattered...in the Civil War", and of Combat Medics reading "Black Lives Mattered...in the Vietnam War." These photos and text bring in a historical aspect so the fence is not solely just focusing on current times. There are posters that have photographs of victims of police shootings, with text that says "Say Their Names - The Love Train was Here".
There are mock gravestones with names of victims of police shootings on a lawn. To the left the the moch gravestones is a sign that reads "'Luther Place recognizes the grave injustices of police violence and racism in our community. In these sacred commons, join us in honoring the memories of God's children murdered by police in D.C.' Black Lives Matter"