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Photos: “Black Lives Matter!” mural completed in downtown Chattanooga Saturday

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / On Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. the last letters of "Black Lives Matter !" are filled in to complete the mural. — Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / On Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. the last letters of "Black Lives Matter !" are filled in to complete the mural. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / On Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. the last letters of "Black Lives Matter !" are filled in to complete the mural.

By Robin Rudd June 27, 2020 1 min read

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“Black Lives Matter!” Mural Completed

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Corban Brauer, holds Indy Brauer's hand, as he removes tape from a finished portion of the mural on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Volunteers remove tape from a finished portion of the mural on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.. In the background stands the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Briony Brauer removes tape from a finished portion of the mural on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.. In the background stands the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Indy Brauer paints a section of the letter on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. as his mother father, Amy and Corban and sister, Briony, look on.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / From left, Chris Heintz and Nathan Stepney paint a letter on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The Artist SEVEN and Charolette Barron hold the chalk line as Michael Eastman pops it to work the outline for the letter "e."

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / From left, Rashelle McKee and Jama Jacks tape the outline of the letter "r" on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Jude Myers supplies bubbles for the event.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Volunteers near completion of the "Black Lives Matter !" on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Volunteers near completion of the "Black Lives Matter !" on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Volunteers near completion of the "Black Lives Matter !" on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Shane Morrow, of Rise Chattanooga, talks with two volunteers. According to

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Jesse Jungkurth and Meagan Shinn pull tape from a dried letter on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd..

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Katlyn Kirnie and the Artist SEVEN discuss the alignment of letters on the mural.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Jessica and Jacob Cagle work on letter.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The letter "r" is swept by volunteers before painting.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / On Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. the last letters of "Black Lives Matter !" are filled in to complete the mural.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / On Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. the last letters of "Black Lives Matter !" are filled in to complete the mural.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / On Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. the last letters of "Black Lives Matter !" are filled in to complete the mural.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / On Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. the last letters of "Black Lives Matter !" are filled in to complete the mural.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The letter "e" was the last letter to be filled in by volunteers.

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / Volunteers ready paint rollers on the second and final day of the project on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.. According to Shane Morrow, of Rise Chattanooga who funded the mural, the huge painting of "Black Lives Matter !" was a "symbol of hope" and "a opportunity for conversation and gathering community."

The “Black Lives Matter!” mural was completed on M.L. King Boulevard on Saturday. According to Shane Morrow, of RISE Chattanooga – the organization that funded the mural, the painting was a “symbol of hope” and “an opportunity for conversation and gathering community.”