Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 16 October 2020
- Title
- Protest signs and artwork on the Black Lives Matter Memorial Fence, Date: 16 October 2020
- Coverage
- H Street NW and 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C., USA
- Description
- 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 black t-shirt that reads “Jamarion Robinson” that is hung up in front of the photo of someone’s face.
On a white wall there is a sticker of Donald Trump in prison clothes and cuffed but giving a thumbs up, and it reads “Law & Order.” He has a prison number and that reads “01202021.” This was created by the @1GoodHombre. Above this sticker reads “KEEP HIM OUT ! #FUCKTRUMP” And there is a silver circle with a line through the middle over the sticker of Trump.
There is a poster that reads “WE DEMAND EQUITY NOT EQUALITY” Beside this text reads “Work for [illegible] assholes…” Under the poster there is a post-it note that reads “Black Lives Matter” and on a piece of paper underneath this reads “Black lives are necessary ” “Veterans For Black Lives !!
On a section of a wall there are posters which reads “No More Cops” “No more Names” underneath these on the wall reads “No More Neo-Liberalism & SuperExploitation Eat the Rich”.
Further on the wall reads different statements which reads “Buy my Black Art!” “Blue Lives Don’t [sic] exist” “Fuck 12” “#Justice” “CPS Steals Kids!” “Black Beautiful” “Without that badge you’re a bitch & a half” “Books > Boys in Blue” “BLM” “40% of officers are reported domestic abusers” “If you’re reading this, quit your job” “Abolish Police“ “Felony Riot my ass” “I ain’t see shit” “’Matter’ is the minimum” “Neysham, you hinky hog-tying fucker” “Muriel, keep your pigs in the pen” crime ≠ harm accountability ≠ punishment
There is a sticker that reads “Defund the Police”
- 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”- Rights
- Photographer: Aliza Leventhal
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- Urban Art Mapping
- Date
- 2020-10-16
- Contributor
- MM
- Identifier
- UAM-GF_3726
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