- Photograph by
- Oliver, Tommy, American, born 1984
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Floyd, George Perry Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
- Fells, Dominique, American, died 2020
- Milton, Riah, American, died 2020
- Date
- June 14, 2020
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3855 pixels × 6720 pixels
- File size: 148.26 MB
- Caption
- 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.
- Description
- A digital, black-and-white image of protesters carrying a banner during the All Black Lives Matter march in Hollywood, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The image depicts the group of protesters, walking down a city street, carrying a large white banner with large, black, hand-painted text on the front that reads [BLACK Lives Matter]. An unidentified male and female protester at either end of the banner are holding the banner at chest level. Behind the banner is a large group of protesters following behind them. The entire street is filled with protesters, many of whom are wearing face masks or other protective face coverings, and many are carrying raised protest signs. Some of the fully visible signs in the background read [I understand that / I will never understand, but / I STAND!], [NO / JUSTICE / NO / PEACE], [ENOUGH / IS / ENOUGH], [BLACK / TRANS / LIVES / MATTER / DOMINIQUE FELLS / RIAH MILTON], [BLACK / LIVES / MATTER], [WHAT NUMBER DO / WE CALL WHEN / THE POLICE MURDER?], and [BLACK / TRANS / LIVES / MATTER]. Lining the street are variously sized multi-storied buildings, street signs, and traffic signals.
- Place captured
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Black Lives Matter
- Type
- digital images
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- Gender
- Justice
- LGBTQ
- Photography
- Police brutality
- Race relations
- Resistance
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver
- Object number
- 2021.31.69
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Tommy Oliver
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




