Protesters at the White House have turned a makeshift fence around the property into a memorial to black men and women who have been killed.
. But protesters have taken the fences and made something heart-wrenchingly beautiful out of them. They now hold the names of so many black men and women who have been killed at the hands of police, alongside tributes, poems, stunning art, and “Black Lives Matter” signs.
The perimeter fence is almost completely covered in the crowd-sourced tributes to Black men and women.Some of the signs also called on voters to remove Donald Trump from office. One particularly poignant sign read, “Today we protest, November we vote.”The White House memorial wall is particularly powerful because of the way Trump has been criticized for hiding inside the residence while protests persist.
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