The painting of those words was an act of government-sponsored defiance during President Donald Trump's first term. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House as Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser ...

District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser announced this week that the Black Lives Matter mural that defaces what used to be called 16th Street NW leading up to the White House will be obliterated ...

The street painting spanned two blocks of 16th Street, just north of the White House. The mayor also renamed the area Black Lives Matter Plaza and designated it a pedestrian-only zone. In all ...

Washington, D.C.'s iconic "Black Lives Matter" street mural, which has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering place for joy and resistance, will soon be gone. The decision to remove ...