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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: Emmett Till, American, 1941 - 1955
label: Subject of
content: Medgar Evers, American, 1925 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: James Byrd Jr., American, 1949 - 1998
label: Subject of
content: Amadou Diallo, Guinean, 1975 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Sean Bell, American, 1983 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Oscar Grant, American, died 2009
label: Subject of
content: Trayvon Martin, American, 1995 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Jordan Davis, American, died 2012
label: Subject of
content: Eric Garner, 1970 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Ezell Ford, American, died 2014
label: Subject of
content: Akai Gurley, 1986 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Tamir Rice, 2002 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Anthony Hill, American, 1988 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Walter Scott, American, 1965 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
label: Subject of
content: Brandon Glenn, American, died 2015
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, black-and-white image of an unidentified protester at a Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles protest against District Attorney Jackie Lacey in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The protester is depicted from the thighs up, standing, and facing the viewer. His proper right arm is raised above his head with three fingers splayed. He is holding his proper left arm at his waist, cradling a two, small cartons of chalk in his proper left hand. He is wearing a black headband over his forehead and has a palm leaf patterned handkerchief tied over his mouth and nose. He is also wearing jeans and a black, short sleeve T-shirt with white text down the front center that reads [Em[mett&?] / Medg[ar&?] / James& / Amadou& / Sean& / Oscar& / Trayvon& / Jordan& / Eric& / Mike& / Ezell& / Akai& / Tamir& / Anthony& / Walter& / Freddie& / [Bran?]don]. The man is within a crowd of protesters, most of whom are wearing face masks or other types of protective face coverings.
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 a participant 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: 2021.31.36
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: 6720 pixels × 4480 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 172.29 MB