The Whispering Palms Community and Healthier Lake Worth Beach, a Palm Health Foundation initiative, unveiled the Wall of Unity this month, a project 11 months in the making. Since January 2021, local professional artists and residents have joined together to fill every space on the 1,175 foot long wall with art murals that represent the past, present, and future of the community. The murals are symbols of the exciting transformation that will forever stand for people of all races and cultures coming together to break down the wall’s barriers of hate and injustice.

Built in 1954, the wall served as an unofficial border between residents of the "Osborne Colored Addition" and their white neighbors in the Whispering Palms community at Lake Worth Beach’s south end. In 1954, the city's zoning code required Black residents to live in the Osborne subdivision. It remained that way until 1969.

"For today’s generation and society, that wall does not represent segregation anymore," said Retha Lowe, the city's first Black commissioner and a lifelong resident of the Osborne community next to the wall. "It’s about bringing our city together — all types of people. That's what it represents today for our community — a wall of unity.”

The unveiling event included multicultural food, music and games.