Signs and artwork are shown on Lafayette Square fencing in this Oct. 9 file photo. The area around Black Lives Matter Plaza has become a gallery of sorts for signs and protest-inspired artwork. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Ever since the two blocks of 16th Street between K and H streets Northwest were re-christened “Black Lives Matter Plaza,” 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’s “Million MAGA March” meant another instance of it all being torn down.
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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’s dubbed the “Art Build,” and continued into Tuesday.
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A coalition of groups, including Shutdown DC, the Good Trouble Co-Op and Spaces in Action, took part in the event.
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