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A digital, black-and-white image of DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good participating in a Black Lives Matter protest in Hollywood, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The image depicts Franklin and Good standing together with their backs to the viewer. They are shown from the mid-back up, turned slightly towards each other and looking over their shoulders, directly at the viewer. They are leaning on machinery with vents on one side. Franklin is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt, a surgical mask, and aviator-style mirrored sunglasses. Good is wearing a black, short sleeve T-shirt, a cloth face mask with a white graphic on the front, and sunglasses. Her hair is pulled up into a front top knot held in place with a head wrap. Behind Franklin and Good is a large crowd of protesters facing the viewer. Many of the protesters are wearing face masks, or other types of protective face coverings. At the center of the crowd, one protester holds up a large white sign with partially cropped dark text that reads [REVOLT / AGAINST / RACISM] and a black band at the bottom with white text that reads [Party for Socialism and Liberation / [---?]]. In the background is a low building and leafy trees.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: June 7, 2020
• Photograph by: Tommy Oliver, American, born 1984
• Subject of: DeVon Franklin, American, born 1978
• Subject of: Meagan Good, American, born 1981
• Subject of: Unidentified Man or Men
• Subject of: Unidentified Woman or Women
• Subject of: George Perry Floyd Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
• Type: digital images
• Type: digital media - born digital
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels
• Dimensions: File size: 172.3 MB
• Place captured: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Hollywood (Film)
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Police brutality
• Object number: 2021.31.58
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver
• 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: © Tommy Oliver Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.