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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: Breonna Taylor, American, 1993 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Ahmaud Arbery, American, 1994 - 2020
label: Subject of
content: Eric Garner, 1970 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Laquan McDonald, American, 1997 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Bettie Jones, American, died 2015
label: Subject of
content: Pamela Turner, American, died 2019
label: Subject of
content: Eric Reason, American, died 2019
label: Subject of
content: Tony McDade, American, died 2020
label: Subject of
content: Rodney Glen King, American, 1965 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Dominique Clayton, American, died 2020
label: Subject of
content: Terrill Thomas, American, died 2016
label: Subject of
content: Philando Castile, American, 1983 - 2016
label: Subject of
content: Atatiana Jefferson, American, 1990 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Walter Scott, American, 1965 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Tamir Rice, 2002 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Trayvon Martin, American, 1995 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Ezell Ford, American, died 2014
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 two unidentified protesters participating in 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 two protesters are standing side-by-side, facing the viewer, holding their respective protest signs above their heads. The protester on the left is holding up a black sign accented with rainbow colors along the edges, attached to a small wooden stake at the bottom. The sign has large, white, handwritten text on the front that reads [BLACK / TRANS / LIVES / MATTER]. To the left of the text is a white outlined illustration of a black power fist held upright. The protester is holding the stake with their proper left hand. Their proper right hand is resting at their side, holding a cell phone. The protester is wearing a navy blue, short sleeve T-shirt with a white Star of Life printed over their proper left breast. They are also wearing black shorts, white socks, a black baseball-style cap turned backwards, wraparound iridescent sunglasses, and a black face mask. The second protester, standing on the right, holds a protest sign aloft with both hands. The sign is white with black, red, and blue handwritten text reading [SAY THEIR NAMES]. Written in smaller, blue and red text on the left and right edges of the sign are the following names: [George Floyd / Breonna Taylor / Ahmaud Aubrey / Eric Garner / Michael Brown / Laquan McDonald / Bettie Jones / Pamela Turner / Eric Reason / Tony McDade] on the left, and [Rodney King / Dominique Clayton / Terrill Thomas / Philando Castile / Atatiana Jefferson / Walter Scott / Tamir Rice / Trayvon Martin / Ezell Ford] on the right. The protester is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt with white block text over the chest that reads [F[O?]STER / AD[O?]PT / RESCUE/ ADVOCATE / support your local rescue] and a black face mask. The two protesters are standing next to a double yellow line in the middle of a street. The background is crowded with other protesters, some of whom are wearing face masks and other types of protective face coverings, and some carrying protest signs. In the background is a city block lined with low buildings and leafy trees, set against a bright blue, cloudless 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 participants at the All Black Lives Matter march in Hollywood
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Gender
label: Topic
content: Identity
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: 2021.31.66
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: 5317 pixels × 4063 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 123.65 MB