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Jun. 8, 2021 - Seattle’s BLM mural a year later
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16 artists, 1 message: Seattle’s Black Lives Matter mural a year later.
We check in with the creators of the most visible artistic symbol of last summer’s protests.
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Jun. 8, 2021 - Seattle’s BLM mural a year later
6/8/2021 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
We check in with the creators of the most visible artistic symbol of last summer’s protests.
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Spanning 250 feet, Seattle's Black Lives Matter mural is the city's largest artistic symbol of the BLM movement.
Leading up to the anniversary of its creation, we asked each of the mural's 16 artists to reflect on what their designs mean to them today.
Kimisha Turner filled the first letter, a purple B, with yellow, green, and red arrows that represent moving forward.
The colors speak to black pride and, "Our cultural influence that gets appropriated "and/or taken for granted."
In Perry Porter's design, a woman reclines into the corner of a huge L. What does his design say to him today?
He says, "Black magic is real, "and every L or loss is a lesson to your legacy."
Aramis O. Hamer says the golden chains featured in her V design provide two reminders: "One, liberate myself and, two, live my life "in a way that might inspire liberation in others."
I'm Starla Sampaco.
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