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Meet the man who made the BLM Plaza sign at DDOTs sign shop! Wayne Pettus is a city employee and an aspiring rapper
Meet Wayne Pettus
One of the original artists on the plaza, Keyonna Jones runs the Congress Heights Art and Culture Center.
What Does Black Lives Matter Plaza Mean to Locals
In the wake of George Floyd's death, protesters hung signs on the black fence outside the newly erected Black Lives Matter Plaza. Nadine Seiler became a caretaker of the fence, and DCPL put together an oral history of her experience.
BLM Memorial Fence Oral History (DigDC)