'All Black Lives Matter' To Be Painted On Hollywood Boulevard

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Hollywood Boulevard will be the location of the newest "All Black Lives Matter" street mural. Over two months after nearly 40,000 people descended on Hollywood and Highland to decry years of police brutality and racial injustice, crews will break ground on a permanent street mural to honor Black lives and promote the push for equality.

Hollywood Boulevard will be closed from Highland Avenue to Orange Drive while crews work on the painting, which is expected to be completed by Friday.

"Today, after years and years of violence against our Black and queer communities, we are creating the first memorialized space in Los Angeles dedicated to transgender people of color," said O'Farrell, who is openly gay. "As the site of the first nationally recognized Gay Pride Parade in the nation, Hollywood must be and will be the safe space designated for this landmark distinction."

On June 13,hundreds of volunteers flocked to Hollywood and Highland to paint a temporary mural on the street ahead of the June 14 protest. The mural sought to honor all sides of the Black experience, utilizing colors from the transgender, non-binary and Pride flags.

City News Service and Kenan Draughorne contributed to this report.