Digital image of protesters cleaning the streets of Baltimore
date: label: Date
content: April 28, 2015
name: label: Photograph by
content: Jermaine Gibbs, American
label: Subject of
content: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
notes: label: Caption
content: Jermaine Gibbs photographed this image on April 25, 2015, two days before Freddie Gray’s funeral. The photograph captures demonstrators engaged in peaceful protests at the corner of Pennsylvania and North Avenues in Baltimore, ground zero for Freddie Gray uprisings. While the photo suggests protesters turned their backs to police officers as an act of defiance, that was not the case. The demonstrators stood in courage and solidarity, linking arms to create a buffer of peace between police officers and a community of protesters standing outside the camera’s view. As the photographer points out, an individual’s perspective and point of view determines how they interpret art, life, and humanity. “When we change the way we see,” says Gibbs, “everything we see will change.”
label: Description
content: This black and white digital image depicts people cleaning a street. In the foreground, a man and two children sweep up debris from the street and sidewalk several feet away from an intersection. The man is wearing a sports jersey and baseball cap. The name on the jersey is partially obscured. The visible part of the jersey reads [HEATHAM / 24]. The child standing in the street is sweeping debris into a dust pan. The child on the sidewalk is also sweeping. More people are cleaning the streets and sidewalks in the background.
label: Description
content: 46.26 MB
place: label: Place captured
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Jermaine Johnson/Gibbs Photography 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 Jermaine Gibbs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.61.1
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jermaine Gibbs
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: 3280 pixels × 4928 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 46.26 MB