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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Michelle Del Rey

DC will rename Black Lives Matter Plaza after GOP lawmaker threatens federal funding

The mayor of Washington, D.C. signaled Tuesday that the mural marking Black Lives Matter Plaza in view of the White House will likely be painted over after a Republican lawmaker introduced a bill threatening the District’s federal funding if it fails to change the name.

Black Lives Matter Plaza is marked with a mural of its name in bright-yellow letters along a two-block pedestrian stretch of 16th Street NW in downtown D.C.

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