Related Article: "Photos: D.C. Has 51 New Statehood Murals"
- Ellen Barker & Erin Andreassi
- Dec 4, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Dec 4, 2021
This 2020 article reviews how the DC Statehood movement connects to Black Lives Matter in a MuralsDC project.
Lefrak, Mikaela. "Photos: D.C. Has 51 New Statehood Murals." WAMU. DCist, July 2, 2020. https://dcist.com/story/20/07/02/photos-d-c-has-51-new-statehood-murals/
"D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wanted the murals completed by June 26, the day the U.S. House of Representatives would vote on D.C. statehood for the first time in a generation. (The bill passed.)"
D.C. Statehood, Art, and Advocacy
This article covers Mayor Bowser's push to get 51 murals painted by MuralsDC, the same organization that made the "Black Lives Matter" mural on Black Lives Matter Plaza. This article includes several photographs of the murals, which illustrate that D.C. statehood is a matter of racial justice.
Read the article online here.
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