| Key | Imgs | Short Description |
|---|
 2020_DC_Lincoln_Protest_200626 | 193 | DC -- Capitol Hill -- Lincoln Park -- BLM Protest
This was an interesting example of two competing events in the same place. The event I came to attend was this one:
Join the Rally and Teach-In for Lincoln Park
In a demonstration of solidarity and recognition of the history of Lincoln Park in Washington, D.C. members of the local, regional and... |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_WH_2020Q2 | 533 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Events around Lafayette Park and BLM Plaza (2020A May-June)
Notes:
May 30: There was talk about a MAGA rally at the White House which I presume could be identified by the hats and lack of masks, and which would eventually turn into a MALA (Make America Lynch Again) protest. Realistically, when there are no public bathrooms available, hanging out waiting for a... |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_WH_2020Q3 | 120 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Events around Lafayette Park and BLM Plaza (2020B July-September)
Notes:
August 2: The BLACK LIVES MATTER letters on the street had been redone. The riot fencing around Lafayette Park was partly reopened as was the Pennsylvania Avenue street by 15th Street (which had been closed for construction since before the crisis).
August 17: The DEFUND THE POLICE letters,... |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_WH_2020Q4 | 106 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Events around Lafayette Park and BLM Plaza (2020C October-December) |
| 2020_DC_Necks_March_200828 | 44 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Get Your Knee Off Our Necks march
NOTE: So, no, I didn't actually get into the rally or the march. I waited in a line that looked like it was at least 7 blocks long. After an hour, by 10am I had advanced at best two blocks. Doing the math, it was clear that I wasn't going to get in for the rally (11am - 1pm). The march (1pm - 3pm) would... |
| 2020_DC_Necks_MarchU_200828 | 32 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Get Your Knee Off Our Necks march -- Labor contingent
March/Rally: Commitment: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks: Fri, August 28, 7:15am – 3:15pm
Labor contingent gathers at United Unions building, 1750 New York Avenue NW, WDC; march heads out at 8:45a.
Hosted by National Action Network and NAACP. |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_HP | 304 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Elsewhere in Lafayette Square/BLM Plaza area |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_SI | 32 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence -- Sue Israel murals
I ran into Sue and her brother putting up murals that she had made. Later, she replaced them with duplicates that stayed up until all of the BLM pieces were removed from the fence on January 30, 2021. |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q2 | 361 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020A June) |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q3 | 329 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020B July-September) |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q4A | 82 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020C October) |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q4B | 858 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020D November) |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2020Q4C | 485 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2020E December) |
| 2021_DC_Floyd_Protest_FP_2021Q1 | 366 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: Lafayette Square fence (2021 January)
The BLM signs and placards all came down on January 30, 2021. Library of Congress collections people and volunteers put them into numbered bags for cataloging. |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_PW_2020Q2A | 500 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's covered walk (2020A June, first day)
The National Park Service and the Secret Service were discussing when to remove the fence around the Fortress of Arrogance. Originally, they said they planned to remove "most" of the fence at Lafayette Square on this day (Wednesday). So all of the signs were taken down and moved under the construction... |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_PW_2020Q2B | 432 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's covered walk (2020B June, other days)
The National Park Service and the Secret Service were discussing when to remove the fence around the Fortress of Arrogance. Originally, they said they planned to remove "most" of the fence at Lafayette Square on this day (Wednesday). So all of the signs were taken down and moved under the construction... |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_PW_2020Q3 | 487 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's covered walk (2020C July-September)
During this period, the protest wall went through several iterations. Notes:
Before August 2, chunks of the plywood had been repainted to cover over some of the messages.
Before August 17, all of the signs and placards had been taken down (a sign said this was for museum collections) and the wall now... |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_PW_2020Q4 | 40 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Placards/Signs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's covered walk (2020D October-December) |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_Med_200606 | 13 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally by First Responders @ McPherson Sq |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_Cap_200607 | 10 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally w/marchers coming from Capitol (?)
Later, I figured this was the group that Mitt Romney had been in but I just saw a section of the march so I didn't see him. |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_DuP_200607 | 51 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally @ Dupont Circle |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_MLK_200604 | 138 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally @ MLK Memorial |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest_TF_200603 | 116 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd -- Rally @ the Trump Finger |
| 2020_DC_Floyd_Protest | 163 | DC -- Protest: George Floyd (Miscellaneous)
After the video of George Floyd being killed in Minneapolis as a police officer kept his knee of his head (Floyd's "I can't breathe" protests were ignored), riots erupted in several cities around the United States. |