Visuals of protest, solidarity and healing: Street art on the urban canvas of Washington

Introduction Temporary murals and street art that appeared in the city of Washington, D C fix in time reactions to three momentous events during the summer of 2020: the death of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody;the flaring of Covid-19 infections into a full-blown pandemic and a historic vote in the House of Representatives to make D C the 51st U S state