Category: Black Murals

#BlackBoston: Roxbury Love

Nelson Mandela is at the center of this Roxbury Love mural, located in the heart of Black Boston. Boston-based muralists, Kwest and Deme5 created this mural for the…

HIM: His Imperial Majesty☥

A mural of Halie Selassie I is up in Brooklyn’s industrial-style Bushwick neighborhood. Halie Selassie I was the first emperor of Ethiopia who ruled from 1930 – 1974. When he passed…

Your Own Channel by artist Derrick Adams is a vibrant large-scale mural located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Norris Square neighborhood. Its fun emoji-based concept was inspired by discussions on television…

Learning to Read☥

PS. 92 Mary McLeod Bethune’s grade school has a mural that teaches Black kids a powerful message. This Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (@tlynnfaz) mural of a young Black girl learning…

Harlem Adventures: Valerie Maynard☥

We found an original Valerie Maynard mural in Harlem! Valerie Maynard is a Black American artist from Harlem whose artwork commonly tackles themes of social inequality and civil…

#MelanatedMurals

“#MelanatedMurals” Because Melanin is Magical Content and images by: Caressa Losier When’s the last time you stumbled upon a few good melanated murals? In some cities, Black street art…