Students and Residents outside Northwestern High School (est. 1964) awaiting the arrival of President Barack Obama, May 4th 2016, II
- Photograph by
- Frazier, LaToya Ruby, American, born 1982
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Date
- 2016 / 2017
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (print): 23 × 18 1/2 in. (58.4 × 47 cm)
- H x W x D (frame): 29 1/8 × 25 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (74 × 63.8 × 4.4 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white silver gelatin silver print depicting a crowd of demonstrators outside Northwestern High School during the Flint water crisis. At center is a hazardous waste barrel with two signs reading [LEAD] on either side of a sign with the hazardous waste symbol. To the right of the barrel is an individual dressed in white haz-mat suit with face mask. To the left of the barrel is a little boy in a black t-shirt. Another individual in a white haz-mat suit, partially unzipped, stands behind the barrel. There is a large clear recycling bag full of empty plastic water bottles next to the barrel. In the background, a crowd of demonstrators stand behind caution tape holding signs. One sign held aloft reads [FLINT LIVES MATTER]. There are no marks or inscriptions, front or back.
- Place depicted
- Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Flint, Genesee County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Portfolio/Series
- Flint is Family
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Activism
- Art
- Children
- Communities
- Government
- Health
- Photography
- Race discrimination
- U.S. History, 2001-
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, purchased through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative
- Object number
- 2021.60.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Copyright © LaToya Ruby Frazier
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




