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Photograph by:
Devin Allen, American, born 1989  Search this
Subject of:
Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this
Unidentified Child or Children  Search this
Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015  Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 3264 pixels × 4896 pixels
File size: 45.75 MB
Type:
digital images
digital media - born digital
Place captured:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Date:
May 6, 2015
Caption:
Moments when i feel like everything will get better :: But idk if i will be alive to see those peaceful days, bitter sweet ::: fighting for a better tomorrow :::: #ripfreddiegray ::: #welovebaltimore ::: #DVNLLN - Devin Allen (@bydvnlln), Instagram, 05/06/2015.
Description:
A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified uniformed female police officer holding a child in Baltimore, Maryland. The officer looks and smiles at the child, who is looking off frame to the left. The child wears a light-colored shirt and pants. Another officer, with her back facing the camera and standing in the left foreground, reaches her hand out toward the child. Other people out of focus stand or sit in the background.
45.75 MB
Topic:
African American  Search this
Activism  Search this
Children  Search this
Communities  Search this
Justice  Search this
Local and regional  Search this
Photography  Search this
Police brutality  Search this
Race relations  Search this
Resistance  Search this
U.S. History, 2001-  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Devin Allen
Object number:
2016.98.51
Restrictions & Rights:
© Devin Allen
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Photographs and Still Images
Movement:
Black Lives Matter
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54a99b277-cdfe-4cfb-9137-db4d7aedbf9f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.98.51