Cellphone video of Black Lives Matter protest in Washington, DC: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital video of protesters in Washington, DC. The video was captured with an iPhone X cellphone and contains color and sound. In the opening frame, protesters can be seen standing with their hands in the air. Many of them have placards that read [BLACK / LIVES / MATTER], [AM I NEXT], [DEMAND / CHANGE], [NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE], [I CAN’T BREATHE], [WHITE / SILENCE / IS / VIOLENCE], [BLACK / TRANS PPL / MATTER]. Some of the protesters can also be observed kneeling. As the camera pans left, a line of police officers can be seen standing in front of the protesters. At 00:00:05, two of the protesters standing in front of the police officers shake hands.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2020
• Recorded by: Darren Matthew Haynes, American
• Subject of: George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Type: sound films
• Type: color films (visual works)
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 00:00:10
• Dimensions: 10.33 MB
• Place filmed: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Police brutality
• Topic: Race relations
• Object number: 2021.79.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Darren M. Haynes and the Haynes Family
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

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: © Darren M. Haynes Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.