Young man wearing face mask with "I Can't Breathe" written on it, 2020 May 31

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Boston

GUSN

GUSN-357341

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Description

Photograph of a unidentified young man wearing a red durag and a surgical face mask with the words "I CAN'T BREATHE" written across the front in marker. Photo was taken at a Black Lives Matter march in Boston from Nubian Square to the State House on May 31, 2020.

Details

Descriptive Terms

color prints (photographs)
protests
racial discrimination
race (concept)
social issues
social movements
civil rights
police officers
discrimination
face masks
men (male humans)
portraits
color prints (photographs)

Physical Descrption

1 photographic print : color ; 8 x 12 inches

Collection Code

PC075

Collection Name

Katherine Taylor photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

2021

Reference Code

PC075.01

Acqusition Type

Library & Archives Purchase

Date Notes

May 31, 2020

Credit Line

Library & Archives purchase, 2021

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Taylor, Katherine (Photographer)

Material Type

color prints (photographs)

Subjects

Photograph

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geographic / Mass. / Boston

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