- 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.