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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- Urban Art Mapping Research Project
- Date
- 2022-05-21
- Contributor
- EP
- Identifier
- UAM-GF_3305
Collection
Citation
“Death to AmeriKKKa,” George Floyd & Anti-Racist Street Art , accessed November 14, 2025, https://georgefloydstreetart.omeka.net/items/show/3305.
