Detroit News Photograph of Volunteer Medic at Police Brutality Protest, Detroit, Michigan, June 11, 2020
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Miley Kirby came out as a transwoman publicly during Detroit's police brutality protests in the summer of 2020. Shown at center in this Detroit News press photo, Kirby served as a volunteer medic for fellow protestors and recalled that the people she met at the protests encouraged her to embrace her trans identity and find her voice while she marched for justice.
Miley Kirby came out as a transwoman publicly during Detroit's police brutality protests in the summer of 2020. Shown at center in this Detroit News press photo, Kirby served as a volunteer medic for fellow protestors and recalled that the people she met at the protests encouraged her to embrace her trans identity and find her voice while she marched for justice.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
11 June 2020
Creators
Creator Notes
Photographed by Robin Buckson for the Detroit News.
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2022.66.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
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