Meet the D.C. Mayor & History-Making Single Mom Who Had ‘Black Lives Matter’ Painted Near White House
From left: Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and Georgia Rep. John Lewis on Black Lives Matter Plaza in front of the White House on Sunday.It’s been a long spring for Muriel Bowser. The two-term Washington, D.C., mayor has been simultaneously dealing with both theand high unemployment from the social distancing shutdowns to slow infections.
The largely peaceful demonstrations sometimes seethed into violence, with looting and arson. Bowser declared an emergency, called in the D.C. National Guard and imposed a curfew — as had many other local leaders nationwide. But Bowser’s job balancing public safety with immense public outcry was made yet more complicated: Her city includes the White House, and PresidentThe morning after the first night of protests in D.C.
At the unveiling, a recording was played of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous 1968 speech in support of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee.People walk down 16th Street after volunteers, with permission from the city, painted"Black Lives Matter" near the White House. “If she doesn’t treat these men and women well, then we’ll bring a different group of men and women!” Trump wrote.
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