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date: label: Date
content: June 6, 2020
name: label: Photograph by
content: Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984
label: Subject of
content: Michael B. Jordan, American, born 1987
label: Subject of
content: Nev Schulman, 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
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 Michael B. Jordan and Nev Schulman with a crowd of protesters in a Black Lives Matter protest in Beverly Hills, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Jordan and Schulman are facing the viewer and are marching within a group of tightly packed protesters on a city street. Jordan, pictured center left, is marching with his hands at his sides. He has a serious expression on his face and appears to be speaking. He is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt, a pendant necklace with a leather thong over his chest, black leather gloves, and dark tone pants. Walking to the right of Jordan is a female protester, wearing a black face mask with white text on the proper right side that reads [JUSTICE FOR / GEORGE / FLOYD]. She is holding a protest sign at chest level with both hands. The white sign has black handwritten text on the front that reads [Racism is so / American that / when you protest / it, people think / you’re protesting / America]. Directly behind her is Schulman. He is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt and dark heart-shaped sunglasses. Many of the protesters surrounding them are wearing face masks or other types of protective face coverings, and some are carrying protest signs. In the background are trees, multi-storied buildings, streetlights, and street signs.
place: label: Place captured
content: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of Michael B. Jordan with protesters in Beverly Hills
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
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
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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: 2021.31.50
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: 4410 pixels × 6720 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 169.6 MB