Crews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House. D.C.

The mural, which covers two city blocks, was painted in 2020. A jackhammer began chipping away at the bright yellow letters on Monday morning.

The shrill, metallic banging noises of a jack hammer echoed around the White House on Monday as crews started removing the large, yellow Black Lives Matter mural down the street from the president's home.

Bowser had ordered the creation of Black Lives Matter Plaza in 2020 after nationwide anti-racism protests following the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a white

Under pressure from Congress and the Trump administration, Washington has begun to remove its Black Lives Matter mural. But Black history endures.