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2021-4-26, Oberlin Rock, RIP Daunte Wright.JPG
A photo of the one of the Oberlin Rocks painted in memory of Daunte Wright, a Black man shot to death by a white police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

One of the three painted boulders on Tappan Square painted in honor of the Juneteenth celebration in 2013.

This blog, created by Oberlin resident Laura Paxton, featured pictures of the painted rocks on Tappan Square. The blog launched in 2008 and ended in 2016. This link goes to an archived version of the site from 2016.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

Sharks and whale Big Parade.jpg
Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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Photo from the Big Parade 2014. The Big Parade has been an Oberlin tradition since the early 2000s. Community residents and college students make floats, wear costumes, and march through Tappan Square.

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The Kendall Precision Lawn Chair Drill Team at the Big Parade, 2014. Kendall is a retirement community in Oberlin. Every year residents come out and do a synchronized routine set to music with their lawn chairs.

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The Oberlin Rock painted with the phrase, "Ring the Bells that Still Can Ring," in the aftermath of the 2016 election victory of Donald Trump

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A chalk drawing of jazz singer Billie Holiday from the 2014 Oberlin Chalk Walk.

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Maya Angelou Mural, Chalk Walk 2014

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Zoya drawings, 2014 Oberlin Chalk Walk

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Chalk mural of Maya Angelou with a quote from "Still I Rise" from the Oberlin 2014 Chalk Walk sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts

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Spongebob Squarepants drawing, 2014 Chalk Walk. Sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts

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Drawing from 2014 Chalk Walk, sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts

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Colorful pictures on the sidewalk during Oberlin's 2014 Chalk Walk, sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts.

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Decorations on the metal fence outside the FAVA Art Building during the 2014 Oberlin Chalk Walk.

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A sidewalk chalk drawing of two fish from the 2014 Oberlin Chalk Walk, sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts.
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