Barricades

Indie journo Goad Gatsby reports that the barricades painted during the racial justice uprising here in Richmond in the wake of George Floyd’s brutal murder have been painted black.

https://twitter.com/GoadGatsby/status/1643344521625849864?s=20

Bear in mind that The New York Times and many observers called this one of the greatest works of protest art since WWII.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/15/t-magazine/most-influential-protest-art.html

https://www.nbc12.com/2020/10/15/nyt-names-lee-statue-most-influential-american-protest-art/

Here’s just a sampling of them below: [more pics will continue to be added...]