Photograph by:

Sheila Pree Bright, American, born 1967  Search this

Subject of:

Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015  Search this

Walter Scott, American, 1965 - 2015  Search this

Eric Garner, 1970 - 2014  Search this

Michael Brown Jr., 1996 - 2014  Search this

Akai Gurley, 1986 - 2014  Search this

Trayvon Martin, American, 1995 - 2012  Search this

Ramarley Graham, American, died 2012  Search this

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Sheet): 16 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (41.6 × 33.3 cm)

H x W (Image): 12 × 12 in. (30.5 × 30.5 cm)

Type:

inkjet prints

Place captured:

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2015

Description:

A black-and-white photograph taken at a Black Lives Matter rally in Baltimore, Maryland. A group of people stand in a crowd, facing away from the camera, holding signs. The signs read, at left: "BLACK LIVES / MATTER [illegible], center left: "BLACK / LIVES / MATTER", at center right: a partially blocked sign listing names including Freddie Gray, Walter Scott, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, Trayvon Martin, Ramarley Graham, and others, and at right: "TUESDAY / APRIL 14 / #ShutDownA14 / STOP / MURDER BY POLICE" with rows of pictures of men and women below the text.

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Photography  Search this

Police brutality  Search this

Race relations  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2016.55.18

Restrictions & Rights:

© Sheila Pree Bright

See more items in:

National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Portfolio/Series:

1960Now Portfolio (A)

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57d91b328-73f9-475d-be4f-961896bc83ed

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.55.18