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2020: A Year in Pictures

Published on
January 26, 2021
Last Updated
July 3, 2025

Anthony Crider is a professor of Astrophysics at Elon University in North Carolina. He is also a photographer with a keen eye for capturing just the right moment. Photographing both social justice protests and Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more mobilizations, Crider has captured a vision of the contemporary U.S. through the microcosm of his home state. In this compilation, PRA is showcasing the images that reflect both Crider’s moving work and what 2020 looked like for PRA.

A group of men wearing riot gear holding ameircan flags walking down a street

A 2nd Amendment rally in Viriginia, January 20, 2020

 

A part american, part confederate flag

An American and Confederate flag in Pittsboro, February 22, 2020

 

A man in a boogaloo uniform, elbow bumping a law enforcement officer

Boogaloo boys and law enforcement at Raleigh, NC May 1, 2020

 

A white man holding an american flag in one hand and a board that says reOpen NC in another.

A protester at the ReOpen NC rally, May 7, 2020

 

A group photo of protesters wearing masks and holding up phones

Protesters at the Raleigh Demands Justice protest at Raleigh, NC, May 30, 2020

 

Protesters with fists in the air and holding boards of protest

Protesters at the Raleigh Demands Justice protest at Raleigh, NC, May 30, 2020

 

Sheriffs in black clothes wearing gas masks holding shields

Sheriffs at the Raleigh Demands Justice protest, May 30, 2020

 

A group of protesters holding fists in the air

Racial Justice protesters in NC, May 31, 2020

 

A protester holding up a yellow board that says George Floyd

A Banner at the Peaceful Walk for Justice at Haw River, NC, June 7, 2020

 

Black girls in Black T shirts and shorts wearing pink masks dancing

Girls dancing at a BLM rally in NC, June 12, 2020

 

Law enforcements holding back a Black man.

Arrested protester at the March for Justice and Community rally, July 11, 2020

 

a law enforcement official leading away a handcuffed man

Arrested protester at the Call to Action Speaker meeting, July 25, 2020

 

A group of people holding a Black Lives Matter banner

Protesters at the March and Peaceful Protest in Elon, NC, October 24, 2020

 

Law enforcement holding back two people

Arrested protesters at the March to the Polls in Graham, NC, October 31, 2020

 

A spray of pepper floating above the heads of protesters

Police pepper spraying protesters at the March to the Polls in Graham, NC, October 31, 2020

 

A man being arrested

Arrested protester at the March to the Polls in Graham, NC, October 31, 2020

 

The back of a truck with STOLEN spelled with Trump stickers

Stop the Steal rally at Raleigh, NC, 14 November 2020

 

A white person wearing a black sweatshirt that has the 3 percenters logo

Counter protester at a Criminal Justice Reform rally, November 29, 2020

 

 

 

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Political Research Associates (PRA) is a social justice research and strategy center. Since 1981, we have been devoted to supporting organizations, civic leaders, journalists, and social sectors that are building a more just and inclusive democratic society.

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