Timeline
Mural style street art of a timeline beginning with Slavery and ending with the death of George Floyd. The center of the timeline includes a quote, "Education is the passport to the future for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare it today".
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Emily Magyar
UAM-GF_2276
128 W Mifflin Street, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Sunflower
An image of a sunflower and butterfly with text reading "Union" and "Paz y amor."
Leandro Miguel Cruz
From the contributor: "A group of primarily Dominican artists made murals in Inwood, NYC to show solidarity with African Americans. This one is based on the biblical metaphor signifying that you can cut the flower, but if the stem is not cut, the flower will grow back. "
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Leandromiguelcruz.com
La Republica Restaurant
New York
UAM-GF_0184
Inwood
Sixteen Lives – Endless Flavors
A black plywood panel in front of the Museum of Ice Cream. The board is painted with the names of sixteen Black people who have been killed due to racist violent acts: George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Jordan Edwards, Tamir Rice, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Sandra Bland, Laquan McDonald, Amadou Diallo, Michael Brown, Emmett Till, Ahmaud Arbery, Mical Griffith, Renisha McBride, Tony McDade
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: James Boorstein / Box 3 Productions jb@box3productions.org
UAM-GF_2621
558 Broadway New York, NY, USA
Say Their Names
A boarded up Agharta Records store with "Say Their Names" spraypainted in bubble letters. This is accompanied by a large panel with a list of names of victims of police & racially-motivated violence.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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University Rebuilds
MN
UAM-GF_0406
2512 University Ave W
Remember Their Names
This is a piece about the popular idea "say their names." The image depicts the names of dead Black people from throughout history in the clouds of heaven.
Geronimus @vt_x_at, Jesús Do @jesusmsantana, Henry Dominguez @feeldafunk, Daniel Bonilla @artmandan, Danny Peguero @danny_peguero, @sotethegoat
Rooftop Republica
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Shya Lorance-Ashby
New York
UAM-UF_0146
160 Dyckman St
May Their Memories Be A Blessing | Bringing Back Bowery
On a foundation of light blue and pink paint, layers upon layers of vivid colors emerge. Black, blue, yellow, and pink crosses layer over red and green circles and dark yellow Xs to build a bold foundation for the focal point of the image to stand out. 13 bold white crosses are the top layer of the piece, each reading the name of a Black person murdered by the police and their age at their death.
The crosses read, from left to right, as follows:
George Floyd, 46
Breonna Taylor, 26
Eric Garner, 43
Trayvon Martin, 17
Riah Milton, 25
Michael Brown, 28 (correct age is 18)
Sandra Bland, 28
Elijah McClain, 23
Tamir Rice, 12
Philando Castile, 32
Freddie Gray, 25
Oscar Grant III, 22
Emmett Till, 14
In the upper leftmost corner of the work, in pink lettering almost indiscernible against the layers of paint that make up the background, the fully capitalized text reads: "May their memories be a blessing."
Robert Blodgett
Posted by @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram. Caption: "Mural by @liza_and_the_clouds at @2coopersquare."
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artist: Robert Blodgett
Image: @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram
2 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10003
He Was Just A Boy - Emmett Till | Bringing Back Bowery
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."
Catt Caulley and Robert Blodgett
Posted by @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram. Caption: "Amazing Mural by @cattcaulley and @liza_and_the_clouds at 310 Bowery Bar."
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Artists: Catt Caulley and Robert Blodgett
Image: @Bringing_Back_Bowery on Instagram
UAM-GF_1611
310 Bowery, New York, New York, 10012
Emmett Till Portrait
A portrait of Emmet Till painted on plywood and placed in George Floyd Square.
George Floyd Square
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Rachel Weiher
UAM-GF_2757
3759 Chicago Ave South, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Emmett in Purple
A naturalistic portrait of Emmett Till wearing a purple shirt and hat. This is propped up against the Metro Transit shelter in front of the People's Way at George Floyd Square.
"GRTIV"
Urban Art Mapping
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Artist: GRTIV (?)
Photographer: Chioma Uwagwu
UAM-GF_2738
3744 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis MN
BLM Memorial Fence with protest signs
The Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence with protest signs and art. A large banner reading Black Lives Matter in block letters dominates the area that would normally afford an unobstructed view of the White House. There is a yellow wreath situated on top of this banner. The fence is covered with protest signs on cardboard, neon pasteboard, and paper. A wide angle view shows the expanse of the fence. Detailed views show examples of protest signs and art that appeared on the fence. This includes portraits of Emmett Till and Trayvon Martin. Examples of textual signs are "If Covid 19 is a virus, trump is a plague," "If you're not standing with us you're against us your silence is deafening," "Am I next?," and "BLM."
The White House and Washington Monument are visible in the background.
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Aliza Leventhal
UAM-GF_3593
H Street NW and 16th Street NW, Washington, DC, USA