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date: label: Date
content: June 14, 2020
name: label: Photograph by
content: Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984
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: Dominique Fells, American, died 2020
label: Subject of
content: Riah Milton, American, died 2020
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 protesters carrying a banner during the All Black Lives Matter march in Hollywood, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The image depicts the group of protesters, walking down a city street, carrying a large white banner with large, black, hand-painted text on the front that reads [BLACK Lives Matter]. An unidentified male and female protester at either end of the banner are holding the banner at chest level. Behind the banner is a large group of protesters following behind them. The entire street is filled with protesters, many of whom are wearing face masks or other protective face coverings, and many are carrying raised protest signs. Some of the fully visible signs in the background read [I understand that / I will never understand, but / I STAND!], [NO / JUSTICE / NO / PEACE], [ENOUGH / IS / ENOUGH], [BLACK / TRANS / LIVES / MATTER / DOMINIQUE FELLS / RIAH MILTON], [BLACK / LIVES / MATTER], [WHAT NUMBER DO / WE CALL WHEN / THE POLICE MURDER?], and [BLACK / TRANS / LIVES / MATTER]. Lining the street are variously sized multi-storied buildings, street signs, and traffic signals.
place: label: Place captured
content: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of protesters marching with a Black Lives Matter banner in Hollywood
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ
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
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
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: 2021.31.69
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: 3855 pixels × 6720 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 148.26 MB