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Community Rallying To Restore Defaced DC Mural Of Black Pioneer Paul Robeson Community Rallying To Restore Defaced DC Mural Of Black Pioneer Paul Robeson
Community Rallying To Restore Defaced DC Mural Of Black Pioneer Paul Robeson A DC community is up in arms after a mural that has stood for years celebrating the legacy of Black performer and activist Paul Robeson was defaced by a seedy-looking suspect caught red-handed in the act. The Metropolitan Police Department has released photos of a suspect who is wanted for destroying property in the 1300 block of U Street in Northwest DC over the weekend. Part of the defaced mural in DC.GoFundMe In the photos, a White man with a thin moustache, hat, and colorful shirt can be seen spray-painting over the mural of Robeson, which was painted by a pair of artists in 2015 to…

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