Black Lives Matter Plaza mural near the White House

On June 5, 2020, the District of Columbia painted a large yellow 'BLACK LIVES MATTER' mural on 16th Street NW near Lafayette Square, directly north of the White House; Mayor Muriel Bowser subsequently designated the area as 'Black Lives Matter Plaza.' Photographs of the bold street lettering were widely shared and remixed online, becoming a recurrent visual used in memes and social media posts about the 2020 protests. The mural and plaza remain a documented public-response artwork tied to demonstrations in Washington, D.C.