US EditionDorsey Park mural honoring African American history vandalized with racist graffiti - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
- On Monday, racist graffiti featuring a Nazi swastika and racial slurs was sprayed on a mural celebrating Black history located in Miami's Dorsey Park.
- In 2012, the MLK Mural Project produced the mural to honor Dorsey Park’s rich cultural history, including its role as the base for the Ethiopian Clowns team in the Negro Leagues.
- The vandalism defaced images of prominent Black figures such as Jackie Robinson, and crews have temporarily covered the hate symbols while awaiting suitable conditions to paint over them.
- Kyle Holbrook, the mural's lead artist and founder of the MLK Mural Project, condemned the incident as "an act of hate, but it will not define us," emphasizing community resilience and unity.
- Miami Police are treating the vandalism as a hate crime, while community members and local leaders are coming together to repair and enhance the mural, aiming to strengthen cultural pride.
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Black History Mural In Miami Defaced With Swastikas And Racist Graffiti
Source: Art Wager / Getty In today’s episode of Attack Of The Fragile Vandals, a Black history mural at Dorsey Park in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood has been defaced with swastikas, racial slurs and other racist graffiti, likely put there by a person (or persons) who gets their Confederate flag under garments in a bunch at the sight of Black culture being commemorated. (And, look, I’m not saying they’re probably Trump supporters, but they’re pro…
Dorsey Park mural honoring African American history vandalized with racist graffiti - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
A mural honoring African-American history at Dorsey Park has been vandalized with racist graffiti, including a Nazi swastika and the N-word. The mural, originally painted in 2012 through the Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project, was a collaboration between Moving Lives of Kids, Urgent Inc. and Touching Miami with Love. Miami Police said they received calls around 4:38 p.m. on Monday of the mural being vandalized with racist phrases a…
Miami mural honoring Black history icons vandalized with racist and antisemitic graffiti
A mural honoring African American icons at Miami’s Dorsey Park was vandalized with racist and antisemitic graffiti. The Miami Police Department said they were made aware of the graffiti on the section of the mural at Northwest 17th Street and 1st Avenue and are investigating it as a hate crime. Images shared by the MLK Mural Project showed the slurs...
BLK ALERTS - Black History Mural In Miami Defaced With Swastikas And Racist Graffiti
Source: Art Wager / Getty In today’s episode of Attack Of The Fragile Vandals, a Black history mural at Dorsey Park in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood has been defaced with swastikas, racial slurs and other racist graffiti, likely put there by a person (or persons) who gets their Confederate flag under garments in a bunch at the sight of Black culture being commemorated. (And, look, I’m not saying they’re probably Trump supporters, but they’re pro…
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