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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 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"