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The Washington, D.C. Black Lives Matter mural painted in June 2020. On June 5, 2020, during the George Floyd protests, the DC Public Works Department painted the words "Black Lives Matter" in 35-foot-tall (11 m) yellow capital letters on 16th Street NW on the north of Lafayette Square, part of President's Park near the White House, with the assistance of the MuralsDC program of the DC ...
Protest art is the creative works produced by activists and social movements. It is a traditional means of communication, utilized by a cross section of collectives and the state to inform and persuade citizens. [ 1 ]
Social justice art allows people to develop agency to interrupt and alter oppressive systemic patterns or individual behaviors. [2] The processes by which people create and engage with art equips them with analytic tools to understand and challenge social injustices through social justice education (teaching for social justice), community ...
“When you’re at an art event, the personal is political,” she said. “Life is real. It’s happening constantly. It’s not going to take a break for an art fair.”
Several notable people from the protests were subjects of artworks, including Marco Leung (who fell to his death on 15 June 2019 while wearing a yellow raincoat, which became emblematic), a woman whose eye was bleeding (alluding to the 11 August 2019 incident where a female protester's eye was allegedly injured by a bean bag round), and Chan Yi ...
People protest during the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, U.S., November 28, 2024. REUTERS Some unruly protesters could be seen being forcibly pried away and flipped over ...
Protesters, police have altered actions since two protests in 2023 Monday's protest represented a considerable change in both police and protester behavior following two large protests at Young ...
A political demonstration is an action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause or people partaking in a protest against a cause of concern; it often consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, in order to hear speakers.