Screenshot courtesy of NBC News | Black Lives Matter plaza in Washington, D.C. in June 2020. Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images
Black Lives Matter street murals stand as an enduring reminder of protests against racism
In 2020, after a summer of protests rocked U.S. cities, the words “Black Lives Matter” went from the rallying cry of racial justice demonstrators to words lining the very roads along which they marched.
After the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, towns and cities nationwide commissioned artists to paint BLM street murals in solidarity with the reckoning on police brutality and racism prompted by the unprecedented, multiracial mass rallies.
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