Black Lives Matter crosswalk approved at Cooper and Monroe
Pedestrians make use of the state’s first rainbow colored crosswalk at the corner of Cooper and Young. Plans have been approved for another rainbow crosswalk as well as a crosswalk with the words Black Lives Matter at the intersection of Cooper and Monroe. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
A crosswalk with the words Black Lives Matter would cross Cooper Street at Monroe Avenue near Hattiloo Theatre under a plan approved Wednesday, Jan. 13, by the Memphis Public Art Review committee.
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