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June 6, 2020

Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A digital, color image of Kendrick Sampson with a group of protesters during a Black Lives Matter protest in Beverly Hills, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Sampson is shown from the chest up, facing the viewer, and speaking into a bullhorn with a handheld microphone. He is holding the bullhorn upright on his proper left shoulder while speaking into the microphone in his proper right hand. He is wearing a black T-shirt with white text on the chest that reads [BLD / PWR]. He is also wearing a black knit cap and a black face mask with the white piping that has been pulled down and is resting on the top of his collarbone. The protesters surrounding him are wearing face masks.

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Catalog reference: 2021.31.47

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