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date: label: Date
content: June 3, 2020
name: label: Photograph by
content: Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984
label: Subject of
content: Cedric the Entertainer, American, born 1964
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Anthony Weber, American, 2001 - 2018
label: Subject of
content: Jackie Lacey, American, born 1957
label: Subject of
content: Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013
label: Subject of
content: The Hundreds, American, founded 2003
notes: label: Caption
content: Photographer Tommy Oliver is an award-winning producer and cinematographer in television and film. Best known for his 2020 documentary 40 Years a Prisoner on HBO, his docuseries Black Love (2017–2020) on OWN, and his feature film The Perfect Guy (2015), Oliver challenges audiences to question their assumptions about race, gender, and family. The film Kinyarwanda (2011), which Oliver co-produced, weaves together narratives of resilience during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It won the Sundance Film Festival’s award for World Cinema Drama and was recognized as one of the top 10 films of 2011. This photograph is part of a broader portfolio of images taken during Black Lives Matter rallies in Los Angeles between May 31 and June 14, 2020.
label: Description
content: A digital, black-and-white image of Cedric the Entertainer speaking at a Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles protest against District Attorney Jackie Lacey in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during a protest against Jackie Lacey, District Attorney of Los Angeles County, that took place following the death of George Floyd. Cedric is depicted just right of center, addressing a crowd of protesters. He is shown from the chest up, partially turned towards the left edge of the photograph. He is wearing a black baseball cap, dark sunglasses, and a black, short sleeve T-shirt with white text of varying sizes and fonts on the chest that reads [The / Hundreds[underlined] / LOS ANGELES / BRAINS. HEART. FIST.]. He is speaking into a microphone held in his proper right hand. His proper left arm is raised to head level and he is pointing downwards with his index finger. He also holds a black face mask in the palm of his proper left hand. Surrounding him is a crowd of protesters, many of whom are holding up cell phones and protest signs. Visible behind Cedric is a large protest sign with a prominently displayed portrait of Anthony A.J. Weber, set inside a large white semicircle. His slightly blurred face is framed above, below, and on either side, with blurred text. The text at the top is illegible. The text on either side of Weber's face reads [2018 / [---?]] on the left and [ANTHONY / A.J. / WEBER] on the right. At the bottom center of the poster is the text [I [heart symbol] Y[OU?]]. In the background, behind the crowd, is the Hall of Justice and a white, multi-storied building with rows of windows.
place: label: Place captured
content: Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of Cedric the Entertainer at a Black Lives Matter protest in LA
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
label: Exhibition
content: Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.31.23
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Tommy Oliver
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 172.3 MB