<I>United We Stand: Rally For Colin Kaepernick at NFL Headquarters</I>
date: label: Date
content: August 23, 2017
name: label: Photograph by
content: Michael A. McCoy, American, born 1982
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Colin Rand Kaepernick, American, born 1987
label: Subject of
content: National Football League, American, founded 1920
label: Subject of
content: Time Inc., American, founded 1922
label: Subject of
content: Devin Allen, American, born 1989
label: Subject of
content: David Von Drehle, American, born 1961
label: Subject of
content: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
notes: label: Caption
content: Michael McCoy creates subtle yet powerful narratives through his images. As a photojournalist, he has documented some of the most important moments in contemporary history and everyday culture. From his coverage of Congress and presidential campaigns to moments of national celebration and mourning, McCoy’s portraits have become recognizable in the pages of major news publications, which earned him a place on Time magazine’s “Top 100 Photos of 2020.” In this photograph, McCoy crafted a quiet image of a young couple wearing T-shirts that feature the Time magazine cover that introduced Devin Allen as a photographer. While the shirts and couple embody resistance, they also represent a quiet resilience found in everyday lives.
label: Description
content: A digital, color image of a man and a woman wearing graphic T-shirts with the Time magazine cover featuring Devin Allen’s photo from Freddie Gray protests. The image was taken by Michael A. McCoy during the United We Stand: Rally For Colin Kaepernick at the National Football League Headquarters. The unidentified rally attendees are seated on white marble steps in front of St. Bartholomew’s Church in mid-town Manhattan. The man sits on the step above the woman with his legs spread apart and feet planted two steps below. The woman is seated between his legs on the step below, with her back resting against his proper left thigh. They are facing viewer with serious expressions on their faces. The woman’s elbows are resting on her thighs with her hands folded over each other. They are wearing shorts, black sneakers, and matching, black T-shirts with a graphic of the cover of Time Vol. 185 No. 17 (May 11, 2015) on the front. The neckline of the woman’s shirt has been modified to widen the neckline so that it falls off the shoulder. The Time magazine graphic on the front of the T-shirts has a main cover line that reads [AMERICA, 1968] written in white text with a red ink strikethrough over [1968] and with [2015] printed in a red handwritten style font written above [1968]. Printed smaller, black text below reads [WHAT HAS CHANGED. / WHAT HASN’T]. The name of the author is printed in smaller white text below that reads [BY DAVID VON DREHLE]. The text is overlaid on top of a black-and-white photograph by Devin Allen of the Baltimore protests that erupted in the aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death while in police custody. The photograph depicts an unidentified man running from a line of charging police in riot gear on a city street in Baltimore, Maryland. The man, in the right foreground, wears a medium tone plain shirt, dark pants, and dark tone shoes. He has on a white baseball-style cap worn backwards, and a dark-colored handkerchief tied at the back of his head and pulled up over his nose and mouth. The graphic of the magazine cover has a thin red border. Behind the couple, in the background, is the neoclassical exterior of St. Bartholomew’s Church with a double set of wooden doors with glass and black wrought iron decorative elements next to a carved, floral pattern marble panel and a carved, white marble column.
place: label: Place captured
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of a couple wearing t-shirts with the Devin Allen Time magazine cover
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Football
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
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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
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 Michael A. McCoy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.41
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael A. McCoy
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: 6000 pixels × 4780 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size (Total): 82.09 MB