In 2020, they painted it big.
BLACK LIVES MATTER.
Across the streets of Washington, D.C., across hearts, across history.
But now the mural is gone. Quietly removed. No ceremony. No headline. Just absence.
The only thing left: two small street signs and our collective memory.
This audio reflection is about what it means to lose a symbol, to feel it scraped away, and to choose to remember anyway.
Because we don’t forget. We document.
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Inspired by:
Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw, in her essay for TIME:
“The Battle for Our Memory Is the Battle for Our Country”
Read the full piece →A TikTok reflecting on the mural’s removal and the politics of forgetting
Watch the clip →
“We were there. We walked on it. We stood in grief and protest. And now it’s gone.”
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Why this piece exists:
To mark what they removed.
To archive what still lives.
To remind us that erasure is policy—but memory is power.
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Whether you’re here to write, remember, or realign—there’s a path for you.
Thanks for reading,
Aura
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