DoomsdaysCW<p>Boo hiss! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DC</span></a>&#39;s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> mural will be erased. Look back at the iconic street painting</p><p>March 8, 2025<br /> <br />&quot;<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WashingtonDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WashingtonDC</span></a>&#39;s iconic &#39;Black Lives Matter&#39; street mural, which has served as a powerful symbol of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>activism</span></a> and a gathering place for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>joy</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>resistance</span></a>, will soon be gone.</p><p>&quot;The decision to remove the enormous mural near the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> comes after a U.S. Rep. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AndrewClyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AndrewClyde</span></a>, R-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Georgia</span></a>, introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding. The bill also called for the area in downtown D.C. to be re-named from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLivesMatterPlaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackLivesMatterPlaza</span></a> to Liberty Plaza.&quot;</p><p>Read more:<br /><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-5321872/dc-black-lives-matter-street-mural-history?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/08/nx-s1-53218</span><span class="invisible">72/dc-black-lives-matter-street-mural-history?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br /><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErasingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ErasingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BLM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StreetArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StreetArt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FascistBlackmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FascistBlackmail</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackHistoryIsUSHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BlackHistoryIsUSHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FederalFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FederalFunding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Racism</span></a></p>