Documentation and Data Dictionary

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2451/38250
Title: Photos of Artwork of the Black Lives Matter Movement in Soho, New York City, 2020
Creator: Bonnie Lawrence
Description: This point shapefile represents locations of street art, graffiti, murals, and other scenes of the Black Lives Matter movement that took place in Soho, New York City in early-June, 2020. The images were captured in the days following the murder of George Floyd, who was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, MN on May 25, 2020. Many images depict shuttered storefronts that have been covered with graffiti, murals, and artwork. These expressions constitute celebration of Black life and outrage for the violence and brutality Black people have experienced at the hands of the police. Please be advised that this collection contains images with profane words and epithets that are borne of race-based violence and hatred. This shapefile contains URL references to the images, and the images can be downloaded by accessing the preservation record identifier.

Related resources

ESRI StoryMap: https://arcg.is/Oy8HK - A web app that allows users to toggle through each of the 86 photos in this collection.

NYU Data Services Resources for African American and Black Diaspora Studies: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/african-american-black

Shapefile attributes

item_id - Sequential unique identifier for photos
photo_id - Identifier associated with original image filename
title - A short title for the photo
desc - A brief description of the contents of the photo
s3_url - The location of the web-ready photos
lat - Coordinates, jittered to the 10,0000th to produce unique values
long - Coordinates, jittered to the 10,0000th to produce unique values
cat_title - A concatenated field that merges the photo_id and the title
s3_media - An html ready field that references the s3_url for instant display within a web mapping application