Photograph by
Gates-Anderson, Dianne D.
Subject of
Knight, Thelma, 1915 - 2009
Gates, Eddie Faye, American, 1934 - 2021
Height, Dorothy Irene, American, 1912 - 2010
Young, Wess Sr., 1917 - 2014
Clark, Otis, 1903 - 2012
Tillman-Jackson, Genevieve, 1915 - 2007
Holloway, Robert, 1918 - 2010
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Owned by
Gates, Eddie Faye, American, 1934 - 2021
Date
March 8, 2005
Medium
digital
Dimensions
File size (overall): 32.34 MB
Description
Digital image of a photograph of a group of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and their supporters with activist Dorothy Height. Group includes the Harvard students and faculty involved in delivering the petition for review in support of a reparations claim to the Supreme Court of the United States. Survivors Thelma Knight, Wess Young Sr., Otis Clark, and Robert Holloway stand behind Dorothy Height, who is seated and wears a green hat and dress with a pearl necklace. Seated to the right of Height is Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, wearing a champagne pink coat and holding a red blanket over her legs. Knight wears a black fur hat and vivid blue jacket. Young Sr. wears a tan jacket over a button-down shirt with vertical stripes, and Clark wears a gray suit with tie and holds his hat in his left hand. All three wear the Oklahoma Medal of Distinction on green ribbon. Holloway wears a red ballcap and tan overcoat. Behind them is Eddie Faye Gates in a green jacket. On image of back at bottom right, handwritten in blue ink is [TRR 1921 Group and / Harvard U. group (fac. / + students) get to / right bldg - House of Rep, / and meet Dorothy Height / March 8, 2005]. A repeating watermark on the back reads [FUJIFILM / Fujicolor CrystalArchive / Paper].
Place captured
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Collection title
Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Type
portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog
Topic
Activism
American South
American West
Economics
Justice
Law
Local and regional
Race relations
Tulsa Race Massacre
U.S. History, 2001-
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
Object number
2014.117.34
Restrictions & Rights
© Dianne D. Gates-Anderson
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5eb853dad-a3b9-4bf7-a07c-dccb8bbfd006

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