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date: label: Date
content: June 7, 2020
name: label: Photograph by
content: Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984
label: Subject of
content: DeVon Franklin, American, born 1978
label: Subject of
content: Meagan Good, American, born 1981
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 DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good participating in a Black Lives Matter protest in Hollywood, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The image depicts Franklin and Good standing together with their backs to the viewer. They are shown from the mid-back up, turned slightly towards each other and looking over their shoulders, directly at the viewer. They are leaning on machinery with vents on one side. Franklin is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt, a surgical mask, and aviator-style mirrored sunglasses. Good is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt, a cloth face mask with a white graphic on the front, and sunglasses. Her hair is pulled up into a front top knot held in place with a head wrap. Behind Franklin and Good is a large crowd of protesters facing the viewer. Many of the protesters are wearing face masks, or other types of protective face coverings. At the center of the crowd, one protester holds up a large white sign with partially cropped dark text that reads [REVOLT / AGAINST / RACISM] and a black band at the bottom with white text that reads [Party for Socialism and Liberation / [---?]]. In the background is a low building and leafy trees.
place: label: Place captured
content: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good at a protest in Hollywood
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Hollywood (Film)
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: 2021.31.58
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