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News Articles: black lives matter

Reconstruction on D.C.'s Black Lives Matter plaza began on Monday, March 10.

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City crews have begun painting over the 'Black Lives Matter' street mural in D.C.

In June 2020, the phrase "Black Lives Matter" had been painted on the pavement by the city in uppercase, yellow letters, covering two blocks on 16th Street, about a quarter mile from the White House.

March 10, 2025
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  • Ayana Archie
Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street Washington, D.C., is repainted following the removal of the lettering for a construction project on May 13, 2021.

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  • National

D.C.'s Black Lives Matter mural will be erased. Look back at the iconic street painting

Over the past five years, Washington, D.C.'s iconic Black Lives Matter street painting has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering place for joy and resistance.

March 10, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Florida Gov. and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference in West Columbia, S.C., on July 18.

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  • Politics

Republicans can't stop using the word 'woke'. But what does it really mean?

There's a "war on woke" on the 2024 GOP campaign trail but the term itself is full of history and meaning far beyond the culture wars.

July 21, 2023
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  • Domenico Montanaro
Supporters of President Donald Trump wearing attire associated with the Proud Boys attend a rally at Freedom Plaza, Dec. 12, 2020, in Washington. A judge on Friday awarded more than $1 million to a Black church in downtown Washington that sued the far-right Proud Boys for tearing down and burning a Black Lives Matter banner during a 2020 protest.

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  • National

Judge awards a Black church $1M over BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest

Two Black Lives Matter banners were pulled down from Metropolitan AME and another historically Black church in Washington and burned during clashes between pro-Trump backers and counterdemonstrators.

July 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The Effingham County School District logo is displayed on a clear glass wall inside a building.

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  • Law

ACLU lawsuit alleges ‘pervasive racial discrimination’ at Georgia school district near Savannah

Black students accuse the Effingham County School District of ignoring acts of racial animosity by white students and staff.

June 26, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
The Effingham County School District logo is displayed on a clear glass wall inside a building.

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  • News

Lawsuit over school ban on Black Lives Matter shirts dropped

A federal judge agreed Friday to dismiss a lawsuit that had accused a Georgia school district of racial discrimination, including for barring students from wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts.

February 17, 2023
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  • Associated Press
The Effingham County School District logo is displayed on a clear glass wall inside a building.

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  • Law

Lawsuit: Georgia school district lowered Black student's GPA after he reported racist Snapchats

Grades were allegedly changed from A's to C's in retaliation.

January 18, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
The Effingham County School District logo is displayed on a clear glass wall inside a building.

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  • Law

Lawsuit: Georgia school district barred high schoolers from wearing Black Lives Matter clothing

Students were allegedly told that BLM was disruptive, while the Confederate flag was a point of pride.

January 09, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Counter-protesters carrying Black Lives Matter flags walk past a group of Trump supporters at the Michigan State Capitol building in November 2020 in Lansing, Mich.

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  • National

Man who threatened Black Lives Matter supporters pleads guilty to hate crime charges

The case was investigated by the FBI, as the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division prosecuted the case. The suspect, Kenneth Pilon, will be sentenced in March 2023.

December 15, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Attorney Ben Crump leans over the casket of Brianna Grier at her funeral.

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  • Mental Health

Could calling 988 instead of 911 have saved Brianna Grier?

Black mental health advocates say Black families cannot depend on police to protect and help their mentally ill loved ones. 988 is the best hope to save Black lives.

August 15, 2022
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  • Leah Fleming
Posing for pictures by the Black Lives Matter themed art around the base of a Confederate monument on Cotton Avenue in Macon in the summer of 2020. The statue is one of two soon to be moved from downtown Macon.

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  • History

Two of Macon's Confederate monuments begin moving this week

A pair of monuments to the Confederacy in downtown Macon will be moved starting Wednesday morning.  

June 21, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
A Home Depot logo sign hands on its facade, Friday, May 14, 2021, in North Miami, Fla.

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  • Business

A judge dismisses an ex-Home Depot employee's case about not wearing BLM on uniforms

The Home Depot's uniform policy bans political or religious messages "unrelated to workplace matters" from employees' aprons, or elsewhere on their clothing.

June 13, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
Protesters hold a Black Lives Matter flag as they march for Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer, in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich.

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  • National

Michigan man faces hate crime charges after threatening BLM supporters, DOJ says

The case is currently being investigated by the FBI and the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is prosecuting the case.

April 29, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Terrence Floyd speaks during a news conference during the unveiling of three sculptures as part of the "SEEINJUSTICE" art exhibition that feature the likenesses of his brother George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and John Lewis, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Union Square in the Manhattan borough of New York.

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  • Race

9,000 digital art NFTs are being released to raise funds in George Floyd's memory

In the fight to get justice for his brother's murder, Terrence Floyd has turned to the unlikeliest corners to do just that: NFTs — or non-fungible tokens.

April 15, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Tenor Curtis Bannister sings the role of Stan in Beethoven's <em>Fidelio</em>, in a dress rehearsal.

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  • Music Features

Prison choirs sing in a reboot of Beethoven's opera about unjust incarceration

A New York City opera company created an updated version of Fidelio for the Black Lives Matter era. The performance features singers who are incarcerated in real life.

February 19, 2022
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  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
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