Black Lives Matter Street Mural Visualization

A map of the continental United States labeled with the locations of Black Lives Matter murals and protests, as well as the locations of fatal encounters between Police and Black citizens and the percentage of Black citizens per location.
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(Key, far left)

 

Mural Locations (Red point)

Source: Stephen Larrick, 2022, Black Lives Matter Street Mural Census, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School

 

Protest Locations (Blue point)

Source: Kris-Stella Trump, Vanessa Williamson, Katherine Levine Einstein, 2018, Replication Data for Black Lives Matter Evidence that Police-Caused Deaths Predict Protest Activity, Harvard Dataverse

More than 1 Protestor 

More than 10 Protestors

More than 100 Protestors

More than 1000 Protestors

More than 10000 Protestors

 

Fatal Encounters

between Police and African-American and Black citizens (Yellow point)

Source: D. Brian Burghart, 2022, Fatal Encounters, fatalencounters.org

 

Percentage

of African-American and Black citizens (Gradient)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020, Census Redistricting Data

over 10 Percent

over 30 Percent

over 50 Percent

over 70 Percent

 

Mural Locations Source: Stephen Larrick, 2022, Black Lives Matter Street Mural Census, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School

Protest Locations Source: Kris-Stella Trump, Vanessa Williamson, Katherine Levine Einstein, 2018, Replication Data for Black Lives Matter Evidence that Police-Caused Deaths Predict Protest Activity, Harvard Dataverse

Fatal Encounters between Police and African-American and Black citizens Source: D. Brian Burghart, 2022, Fatal Encounters, fatalencounters.org

Percentage of African-American and Black citizens Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020, Census Redistricting Data

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(Bottom left)

City, State

MURAL TEXT, MM-DD-YY

 

SANCTIONED MURAL

UNSANCTIONED MURAL

BLACK ARTIST INVOLVEMENT

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Washington, DC

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 06-05-2020

*DEFUND THE POLICE, 06-06-2020

DEFUND THE POLICE, 06-06-2020

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New York, NY

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 06-13-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 06-09-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 06-19-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 06-29-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, BLM, 07-01-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 07-03-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 07-08-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 07-30-2020

 

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Memphis, TN

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 06-25-2020

 

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Kansas City, MO

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 09-05-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 09-05-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER *WE MUST LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER AS BROTHERS OR PERSISH TOGETHER AS FOOLS*, 09-05-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 09-05-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 09-05-2020

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 09-05-2020

 

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Park City, UT

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 07-05-2020

PEACE UNITY LOVE, 07-05-2020

SOLIDARITY, 07-05-2020

JUSTICIA PARA TODOS* (JUSTICE FOR ALL), 07-05-202

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Sacramento, CA

BLACK LIVES MATTER, 06-06-2020

Black Lives Matter Street Mural Visualization

2021 – 22; Designers: Kim Albrecht (visual design) (Berlin, Germany), Stephen Larrick (data design) (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA); Courtesy of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, with metaLAB (at) Harvard & FU Berlin

The visualization depicts the geographic locations and chronological installation dates for Black Lives Matter street murals that spread across the United States. Icons indicate additional information for each mural, such as language, design elements, involvement of Black artists and designers, and whether a mural was officially sanctioned or community generated.

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