The Wall of Respect was an outdoor mural first painted in 1967 by the Visual Arts Workshop of the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC).

[4] While it only lasted a few years, until the building was torn down in 1972, it inspired community mural projects across the United States and internationally.

However, soon after its creation, increasingly polarized interpretations of heroic action within the African American community caused conflict over the paintings,[8] notably with the replacement by artist Eugene Eda of more defiant leaders and symbols, such as the fist of the Black Power Movement.

The Wall of Respect's success also sparked a movement of large open-air neighborhood mural paintings across to the United States.

..[10] After a 1971 fire damaged the building on which the Wall of Respect was painted, the entire structure was torn down and the mural thus destroyed.

[12] For a time forgotten by the mainstream art world, the Wall of Respect continues to be an important cultural reference point for local community members and the subject of scholarly inquiry.