Ever since the two blocks of 16th Street between K and H streets Northwest were re-christened 鈥淏lack Lives Matter Plaza,鈥� the area has taken on special significance in the movement against police brutality and systemic racism.
It has also become a gallery of sorts for signs and protest-inspired artwork, especially on the fencing erected around Lafayette Square.
Last weekend鈥檚 鈥淢illion MAGA March鈥� meant another instance of it all being torn down.
Mask-less women arrived near the White House this a.m. to tear down signs put up during earlier protests. The signs condemn racism, honor those killed by police and say things like 鈥淏lack Lives Matter.鈥� Other folks, in masks, are trying to protect the wall.
鈥� Lauren Lumpkin (@laurenmlumpkin)
But on Monday, protesters began what they have done time and again in the tumultuous months following the killing of George Floyd: fill the area around Black Lives Matter Plaza with new signs and artwork.
It鈥檚 dubbed the 鈥淎rt Build,鈥� and continued into Tuesday.
They tried to bury us. They didn鈥檛 know we were seeds.
鈥� ShutDownDC (@ShutDown_DC)
A coalition of groups, including Shutdown DC, the and Spaces in Action, took part in the event.
