Activism: Museum Object and Cultural History
Activism: Date: 2013. Photograph by: Unidentified. Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A black-and-white photograph of Alex Charns addressing an audience in front of the Durham courthouse. Charns, who wears a suit and tie, stands beside Destini Riley and her mother Lattina Riley. A group of reporters and onlookers surround the trio.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2013
- Photograph by: Unidentified
- Subject of: Destini T. Riley, American
- Subject of: Lattina Lennon Riley, American
- Subject of: Alex Charns
- Type: black-and-white photographs
- Medium: ink on photographic paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
- Place captured: United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Families
- Topic: Independent films
- Topic: Journalism
- Topic: Justice
- Topic: Police brutality
- Topic: Prisons
- Topic: Youth
- Object number: 2018.94.4.42
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, Kathleen Lingo and The New York Times Company
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, The New York Times Company Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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