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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: 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: Jackie Lacey, American, born 1957
label: Subject of
content: Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013
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 large, tightly packed, body of protesters at a Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles protest against District Attorney Jackie Lacey at Grand Park in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Taken from the steps of City Hall, the image looks down at the crowd and is filled with protesters. Many of the protesters are wearing face masks or other protective face coverings and carrying raised protest signs. In the right midground is a large blue and yellow banner that is spread out in a horizontal orientation amongst the protesters. A large white sign with handwritten red and black text in the right foreground, reads [“A.J.” / WEBER / ANTHONY / WE[BER?]]. The top text is framed on either side with indistinct color images. Other fully visible signs on the left side of the crowd read [BLM]. [WHO DO U / CALL WHEN / THE POLICE / ? MURDERS / ?????], [DEFUND THE / POLICE], [PROSECUTE / KILLER COPS], [BLACK / LIVES / MATTER], and [Educators / for / BLACK / LIVES]. Some visible signs at the center read [“WE NOT DOWN / WITH DA KLAN” / RIP BIG FLOYD], [None of us / are FREE / until / ALL / of / of / us / [a]re / FREE], and [We will be / ANGRY[underlined] / until / We are set / FREE[underlined]!!!]. One white sign at the center has black marker text that reads [BLACK / LIVES / MATTER] with [#SAY THEIR / NAMES] in the top left corner, [FUCK 12[underlined] / [---?] in the bottom left corner, [#ANTIRACIST] in the bottom right corner, and [My kid / will read / about this in / history class. / What an / Embarrassment] in the top left corner. On the far right, towards the back of the crowd, is another fully visible sign that reads [I / CAN’T / BREATHE]. In the background is a freestanding, gray, squared column with punched out text in multiple languages, sizes, orientations, and fonts. The English text on the right side of the column reads [GRAND / PARK / the park for / everyone]. In the background, is a row of leafy trees and a lamppost with red and yellow banners hanging from either side.
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 protesters at a Black Lives Matter protest in Los Angeles
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
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
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: 2021.31.40
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: 172.31 MB