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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: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Subject of
content: George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 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, color image of a protest sign used 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 a protest sign held up by a single hand. The sign is constructed from corrugated cardboard and has a rectangular, rainbow painted piece of paper attached to the front of the sign with clear tape. Black, hand-painted text on the paper reads [ONLY LOVE / CAN DRIVE / OUT HATE / -MLK]. In the top left corner of the sign is a blue sticker with white and red text that reads [THE / SYSTEM / HAS NO FUTURE / FOR THE YOUTH… / THE / REVOLUTION / DOES]. In the background, are the branches of a blurred leafy tree and a blue sky.
place: label: Place captured
content: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of a protest sign at the All Black Lives Matter march in Hollywood
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
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
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
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: 2021.31.71
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