Dorsey Park mural honoring African American history vandalized with racist graffiti
A mural honoring African-American history at Dorsey Park has been vandalized with racist graffiti including a Nazi swastika and the N-word The mural originally painted in through the Moving the Lives of Kids Group Mural Project was a collaboration between Moving Lives of Kids Urgent Inc and Touching Miami with Love Miami Police announced they received calls around p m on Monday of the mural being vandalized with racist phrases and symbols including the Nazi swastika and the N-word near Northwest First Avenue and Northwest th Street Certainly shocked I am still shocked declared Kyle Holbrook an artist and region organizer Holbrook led the project which was made to commemorate the legacy of Dorsey Park which was once home to the Negro Leagues Ethiopian Clowns and a site of deep cultural importance in Miami s Black history The mural features major African-American figures including Jackie Robinson whose image was among those defaced by the racist graffiti Dedicated mural to the Negro League teams that used to play there the Ethiopian Clowns There is a lot of other historical imagery on the mural explained Holbrook The mural was supposed to be it s a sense of pride Now that homage has been scarred We know that a lot of people are lost right now and looking to hate and use selected means to lash out on people announced Holbrook While the city s artist works to undo the damage Holbrook disclosed he s already trying to think of approaches to rework the mural and remake it bigger and better I wanna get back at once back home so I can make it better So we can not have this hate sitting there so people can see it And don t let the hate win revealed Holbrook Crews have temporarily put up bags and tarps to cover up the hateful imagery while they wait for dryer conditions to paint over it If you have any information on this crime call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at - -TIPS Remember you can inevitably remain anonymous and you may be eligible for a reward of up to
