Charlotte's Tryon Street now has a Black Lives Matter street mural.
Updated at 12:37 PM on June 14, 2020.
Looks like Muriel Bowser started something big. After riot police tear-gassed peaceful protesters in her city, the Washington D.C. Mayor renamed the intersection at H and 16th streets “Black Lives Matter Plaza” and commissioned artists to paint the words in big, yellow letters on the pavement.
Less than a week later, similar murals started popping up around the country. From Oakland, C.A. to Charlotte, N.C. and from Albany, N.Y. to Dallas, T.X., artists are emblazoning “Black Lives Matter” on city streets.
Oakland, CA: 15th Street
Over the weekend, several hundred people gathered in Oakland for a painting party, complete with live DJs. The community art project took over a trio of blocks along Oakland’s 15th Street, which sports a bright yellow #Black Lives Matter mural.
Charlotte, NC: South Tryon Street
In Charlotte, head to South Tryon Street between 3rd and 4th to see the city’s newest street art, with each letter painted by a different artist.
San Francisco, CA: Fulton Street
A giant street mural reading "Black Lives Matter" spans three city blocks near City Hall in San ... [+]
A stretch of Fulton Street leading to San Francisco City Hall has been painted over with a mural that spells out “Black Lives Matter." The mural is located Webster and Octavia streets.
Denver, CO: Broadway
In Denver, local artists were invited to paint a Black Lives Matter mural on Broadway near the state capitol building.
Seattle, WA: East Pine Street
In Seattle, large white letters now spell out "Black Lives Matter" for a full city block on East Pine Street.
Albany, NY: Lark Street
In the capital of New York, Lark Street between Lancaster Street and Hudson Avenue while the 'In Our Own Voices' group painted a yellow Black Lives Matter mural similar to the giant road banner in Washington DC.
Berkeley, CA: Milvia Street
In the Bay Area, Berkeley’s city council approved a Black Lives Matter street mural between City Hall and MLK Civic Center park, and it went up immediately.
Rochester, NY: Court Street
In Rochester, artist Shawn Dunwoody created a new blue “Black Lives Matter” mural on Court Street, which borders Martin Luther King Jr. Park at Manhattan Square. On one end is a heart with the fist, a motif associated with the BLM movement. On another end is Rochester's Flower City logo, accented by a heart striped with brown skin tones.
Pittsburgh, PA: Fort Duquesne Boulevard
In the Steel City, the words "Black Lives Matter" were painted across the Fort Duquesne Boulevard, which runs alongside the Allegheny River.
Dallas, TX: Marilla Street
Big D now has its own Black Lives Matter mural on Marilla Street in front of City Hall.
Sacramento, CA: Capitol Mall
In Sacramento, the words “Black Lives Matter” have been painted on the median of the Capitol Mall, which leads to the capitol building.
Raleigh, NC: Martin Street
In Raleigh, artists changed the slogan to “End Racism Now,” but the message was the same. The mural is on Martin Street leading to the Capitol.
Montpelier, VT: State Street
Soon after the Montpelier City Council approved the painting of a giant yellow “Black Lives Matter” mural on State Street in front of the Vermont Statehouse, it appeared. Governor Phil Scott said he supports the city's move.
Syracuse, NY: East Washington Street
Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has approved of a massive “Black Lives Matter” mural to be painted in front of city hall. Work will begin this weekend.
New York City, NY: One Street Per Borough
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that there will be a “Black Lives Matter” street mural in each of the city’s five boroughs — Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island. This first mural, above, stretches several blocks of Fulton Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.
“With a street in every borough painted with the words Black Lives Matter, we are recognizing where we have been and looking to where we will go,” said de Blasio.
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