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D.C. Mayor renames street ‘Black Lives Matter Plaza’

Black Lives Matter street painting
Giant, yellow letters are painted on a busy Washington D.C. street spelling out BLACK LIVES MATTE

A street near the white house is renamed "Black Lives Matter Plaza."

WASHINGTON, D.C. (FOX News)- The new sign going up in a section of 16th street in front of Saint John's Episcopal Church.

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser debuting it on Friday, along with a large yellow "Black Lives Matter" mural.

A message the mayor says is meant to honor the movement and show Americans the nation's capitol is listening.

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