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date: label: Date
content: May 31, 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: Santa Monica Police Department, American, founded 1897
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 a large group of protesters facing a police line of twenty officers at a Black Lives Matter protest on Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The protesters are standing closely together, with their backs to the viewer. A woman at the center of the crowd of protesters holds up a white sign with handwritten, black, text that reads [tu lucha / es mi / lucha! / #BlackLivesMatter]. The sign holder is wearing dark spandex shorts, a black short sleeve T-shirt, and a backpack embellished with three pinback buttons on her back. Many of the protesters are wearing face masks and other types of protective face coverings. Some of the protesters are holding up signs and cell phones, and a few have their hands raised. In the left foreground, within the crowd of protesters, is a pedestrian signal with a street sign with white text that reads [Arizona / Ave / 100]. The protesters are standing catty-corner to the police line, at a four way stop with crosswalks. The officers are standing in a line, blocking off one of the crosswalks. Behind the officers, in the background, is a multi-storied brick building with white windows.
place: label: Place captured
content: Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
title: label: Title
content: Photograph of a group of protesters facing a line of police in Santa Monica
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
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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
label: Movement
content: African American - Latinx Solidarity
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: 2021.31.11
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: 3446 pixels × 6720 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 132.54 MB