Organizers who helped paint Black Lives Matter murals on six Kansas City, Missouri, streets say the project may be the largest of its kind.
More than 1,000 volunteers used 1,200 gallons of paint to hand paint the murals Saturday, which stretch across 2,000 feet of pavement. Six Black artists designed murals for the project, KC Art on the Block, which each feature "Black Lives Matter" in block letters with varying themes.
"It's been really good coming together for our city," Damian Lair, one of the project organizers, told USA TODAY.
Lair, who works in public relations, and Crissy Dastrup got the idea to paint a mural on his street after seeing similar murals in places like Washington. D.C. Many other cities have seen street murals honoring the Black Lives Matter movement in the months since George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, but he said Kansas City organizers have looked at all other projects and haven't found any that match the scope of theirs.
Several Black Lives Matter murals have been defaced and Lair said he was worried at first about potential protests. Although organizers received two death threats, he said the response from the community has been "really incredible."
"It's very clear there’s work yet to be done, but it couldn’t have gone any better," he said.
Here are photos of the massive murals in Kansas City:
Contributing: The Associated Press
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