All Black Trans Queer Nonbinary Street Mural, Oakland, CA
All Black Trans Queer Nonbinary Woman Disabled Imprisoned Lives Matter is painted on the pavement in various colors.
<p><span>The "All Black Trans Queer Nonbinary Street Mural" was created in Oakland, California in June 2020. It is located on Lakeside Park Road outside of the Gardens of Lake Merritt. It is the Bay Area's longest street mural and has been seen around the world. The mural was organized by the East Bay Queer Arts Center. The mural was produced by local artists and activists including Kin Folz, the founder of the East Bay Queer Arts Center. In June of 2020, more than 300 volunteers participated in its creation. Oakland native, Tory Teasley, explained "This is our live-out-loud creative experience, it's something that marks the stamp on what this city is truly about. It represents its communities, the diversity of people here." In September 2021, just over a year after the mural was created, a "Pride Mural Paint Party" was organized in order to help return the mural to its original state after it started to fade. The "Paint Party" coincidentally took place during Oakland's Pride Month. <br /><br />The party also focused on the significance of the people, occurrences, and spaces that have played an important role in LGBTQIA+ diversity, such as the Oakland Pride Parade and Festival, which had been canceled that year because of COVID-19. As well as recognizing the value of the people fighting for equality, equity, and justice, the party also focused on remembering the importance of the cultural history not only in Lake Merritt but all around the city. They highlighted marginalized communities and the ongoing challenges that individuals within those communities face on a daily basis. These difficulties are the reason why the mural still remains relevant today. David Xone Johnson, an ambassador of the Queer Arts Center said, "I'll be transparent: It's still extremely challenging. So we're coming together to acknowledge that and just take everything that we're dealing with collectively into one statement to say that we are here and matter." Beyond bringing attention to the LGBTQIA+ community as a whole, the mural also focuses on the many incarcerated people who are LGBTQIA+. Janetta Johnson, an executive director of the TGI (Transgender, Gender Variant, Intersex) Project, spoke of the need for incarcerated transgender individuals to have a community and resources (including housing opportunities) available to them once they are released from prison. "We are dedicating our lives to the people who have been silenced. We are working to make your voices heard." </span><span> <br /><br />Sources</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://abc7news.com/blm-mural-oakland-gardens-at-lake-merritt-lives-matter-east-bay-queer-arts-center/6282968/"><span>https://abc7news.com/blm-mural-oakland-gardens-at-lake-merritt-lives-matter-east-bay-queer-arts-center/6282968/</span><span>Links to an external site.</span></a><span> </span></p>
<p><a href="https://localnewsmatters.org/2021/09/08/a-fresh-coat-of-visibility-pride-mural-paint-party-revitalizes-all-black-lives-matter-mural-at-lake-merritt/"><span>https://localnewsmatters.org/2021/09/08/a-fresh-coat-of-visibility-pride-mural-paint-party-revitalizes-all-black-lives-matter-mural-at-lake-merritt/</span><span>Links to an external site.</span></a><span> </span></p>
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Photographer: Sarah Belle Lin
37.805528, -122.258913
Black Lives Matter
Written in black sharpie on plywood: "BLACK trans woman disabled intersex LIVES MATTER"
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Photographer: Emily Magyar
UAM-GF_2269
224 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Black Lives Matter Street Mural, Memphis, TN
"Black Lives Matter" is painted on the pavement in yellow. Underneath the words, are red and green lines. Above the words, there are two LGTBQ flags and one Trans flag.
Ray Ricco, owner of Ray Ricco Freeland and Focus Mid-South, an LGBT and allies publication led the team that received approval from the Memphis Public Art Review Committee.
Daphne Butler, Randall Sloan, Elizabeth McDonnell, volunteers from Ray Rico Freelance, Sowell Realtors, the Black Lives Matter Memphis chapter, Mid-South Pride, and Memphis Commissioner Reginald Milton.
Image <a href="https://res.feednews.com/assets/v2/1214bb7132b89705989242bc8c3d852c?width=1280&height=720&quality=hq&category=us_Culture">URL</a><br /><br />News Coverage by <a href="https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/1214bb7132b89705989242bc8c3d852c-Black-Lives-Matter-crosswalk-unveiled-in-Memphis">Daily Advent</a>, <a href="https://dailymemphian.com/article/19301/black-lives-matter-crosswalk-cooper-monroe">Daily Memphian</a>, and <a href="https://www.kait8.com/2021/04/19/black-lives-matter-crosswalk-unveiled-memphis/">Kait 8</a>
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Artists: Daphne Butler, Randall Sloan, Elizabeth McDonnell, volunteers from Ray Rico Freelance, Sowell Realtors, the Black Lives Matter Memphis chapter, Mid-South Pride, and Memphis Commissioner Reginald Milton.
Photographer: Mark Lambert from Action News 5
UAM-GF_3525
35.13542, -89.990304
Black Trans Lives Matter on the BLM Memorial Fence
A sign on a fence reads "Black Trans Lives Matter." The background of the sign has blue, white, and red stripes.
Article about the photographer and caretaker of the fence, Nadine Seiler:
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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LA
Photographer: Nadine Seiler
UAM-GF_3079
801-811 Black Lives Matter Plz NW, Washington, DC 20006
George Floyd Crowned in Glory
A stencil of George Floyd embellished with a gold crown, streams of color, and musical notes. A sign taped to the door reads "Black-owned". In the corner, it is signed Grimmz River.
Grimmz River
There's also a phoenix mural next to it, and more in the alley.
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Grimmz River
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0493
3010 East Lake Street
George Floyd Stencils
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.
Eight George Floyd stencils with crowns. Red and blue text reading: 'abolish police', 'white supremacy', 'rebuild with justice,' indigeneity truth', '#we love our trans friends.' Green grass and red roses below.
#creativesaftercurfew
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#creativesaftercurfew
posted on Instagram by @minneapolismurals
UAM-GF_0810
3012 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Give Us Our Flowers Street Mural
A street mural portrays the heads of four Black women in red and orange flowers. Underneath the flowers, there are blue and pink lines with "Black Trans Lives Matter" written on it. Above the heads of the women, "Give Us Our Flowers Now" is written in white. "Give us our flowers now” is a response to the fact that Black trans people are often only celebrated after a tragedy.
Emma Frankland
Image <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CCWo6z6nSaG/">URL</a><br />@notyetarobot on Instagram
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Artist: Emma Frankland (Instagram: @notyetarobot)
UAM-GF_3539
Pavilion Gardens, United Kingdom
In Memory of Black Women and Trans Individuals
Three joyous and powerful Black figures join hands in a circle on one panel. The neighboring panel provides the names of Black women and trans individuals who have been murdered. Tony McDade, Sandra Bland, Dominique Fells, Breonna Taylor, Riah Milton are all written in puffy white clouds.
Noah LH @blormpy
From the artist's Instagram: "This mural is in memory of the black women and trans folks that have been unjustly murdered in this country. Rest in power. ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER!"
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@blormpy
Minnesota
UAM-GF_0509
Curl Power Salon; Franklin and Nicollet
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date 09 October 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 is a poster which reads “Stop Erdogan” and has a portrait of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, with a red circle with a line through it over his face. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the president of Turkey.
There is a black poster that reads “Solidarity” and above it is a hanging poster that reads “£RECOGNIZEARTSAKH” and it has an image of a statue head on it.
There are multiple posters that reads “America BE Better” “We Can Do Better” “Join Armenia in War Against Turkish Terror” “If You’re Not Outraged Ur [sic] Not Paying Attention.”
There’s a poster that is half white and half black that is split diagonally. On the white side of the poster it reads “I hope The White People don’t notice I’m BLACK” and the black side of the poster reads “I hope The Black People don’t notice I’m TRANS.” And the word ‘trans’ is in the colors of the transgender flag which are blue, pink, and white.
Other posters read “Black Lives Matter” which has many police brutality victim names lining the poster. “WHITE silence FUELS DOMESTIC TERRORISM” is next to this poster and there is another one that is behind the fence, and it reads “your [sic] SILENCE is KILLING” and has the Armenian flag drawn on it as well. Another poster reads “Combat Medics. Black Lives Mattered…in the Vietnam War” and there is a black and white poster of Black Combat Medics from the Vietnam War.
Protest signs and posters on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, located on the north side of Lafayette Park in Washington D.C.” Afterward, describe the selected images for the entry.
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”
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Aliza Leventhal
H Street NW and 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C., USA
Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 21 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 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”
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”
Urban Art Mapping
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Photographer: Aliza Leventhal
H Street NW and 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C., USA