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A digital, black-and-white image of Dr. Melina Abdullah speaking at a Black Lives Matter protest in Century City, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Abdullah stands in the right foreground and is shown from the waist up. She is turned in three-quarters profile, facing the left edge of the image. Her proper left arm is partially raised, and her hand is balled into a fist with her thumb out and pointing behind her. She is speaking into a black and silver tone microphone held in her proper right hand. She is wearing a black T-shirt with black and white text on the front that reads [BLACK LIVES MATTER] and [LOS ANGELES] printed above and below an illustration of the Los Angeles skyline.

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