Death to AmeriKKKa

Title

Death to AmeriKKKa

Coverage

George Floyd Square

Description

"Death to Amerikkka" spray-painted onto the sidewalk of George Floyd Square. "Amerikka"'s usage of "KKK" alludes to the Ku Klux Klan, referring to underlying racism in American society. The earliest known usage of Amerikkka recorded in the Oxford English Dictionary is in July 1970, in a magazine called Black World.

Rights

Photographer: Ellie Patronas

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Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Date

2022-05-21

Contributor

EP

Identifier

UAM-GF_3305