Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Empowered
2020
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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.
This is a color print depicting a woman in a black t-shirt with her fist raised. The woman, shown from the hips up, wears a black t-shirt with white text that reads “empowered / women / empower / women.” She wears black pants, a red headwrap, and several gold necklaces. Her right fist is raised up by her shoulder as she gazes directly at the viewer. In the background is the water of the National Reflecting Pool. A crowd of people can be seen gathered on the opposite side of the pool.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2021.77.3
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