DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza from street near White House

Iconic 'Black Lives Matter' Mural in D.C. Is Getting Removed

The Black Lives Matter mural in Washington, D.C. is being removed from street in order to not risk federal funding.

Washington D.C.’s Black Lives Matter Mural Demolished but the Ground Still Speaks

In the summer of 2020, I left my home in Bowie, Maryland, and traveled to Washington, D.C. We were far from having a cure for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with the first human case being reported in December of 2019. But George Floyd had been viciously murdered by a police officer during his arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25.  The store clerk suspected Floyd of using a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill to make a purchase, so he cal…

Black Lives Matter Responds To Lil Yachty Calling The Organization A ‘Scam’

Lil Yachty didn’t hold back when asked about his thoughts on the Black Lives Matter organization. The Atlanta rapper slammed BLM during an appearance on Quenlin Blackwell’s Feeding Starving Celebrities cooking series earlier this week. “BLM is a scam. BLM was literally a scam. They had bought mansions,” Yachty said. “You probably wouldn’t know anything about it because you don’t care about Black people, and don’t follow Black news,” he said to h…

Black Lives Matter Plaza demolished in D.C.

Almost five years after the “Black Lives Matter” mural was painted at 16th and H Street in Washington, D.C., the letters have been peeled from the ground as the road begins to be repaved.  Construction crews began working at the site on March 10 following threats from Republican congress members and President Donald Trump’s administration to withhold $1 billion in funding from the entire District’s fiscal year budget. In June 2020, Mayor Muriel …

Georgia congressman’s bill leads to dismantling of DC Black Lives Matter mural

For nearly five years, two blocks leading up to the White House were the home of a mural that had become one of the most recognizable symbols nationally of the Black Lives Matter movement that swept the nation in the summer of 2020. And that was far too long for Georgia U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, who filed legislation about a week ago threatening to withhold federal funds from Washington if the bold yellow letters weren’t removed from the two block…