- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Cochran, Johnnie L. Jr., American, 1937 - 2005
- Gates, Eddie Faye, American, 1934 - 2021
- Gates, Kevin
- Owned by
- Gates, Eddie Faye, American, 1934 - 2021
- Date
- 2000-2001
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- File size (overall): 137.28 MB
- Description
- Digital image of a photograph of Eddie Faye Gates and Kevin Gates with Johnnie Cochran, the lead lawyer in the lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Cochran, left, wears eyeglasses, a black suit, and a black, yellow, and green tie. Eddie Faye Gates, center, wears eyeglasses, a dark garment with front zipper, and a blue scarf or stole with "MRS EDDIE FAYE GATES" on it in gold. Kevin Gates, right, wears a light-colored sweater with blue and gray horizontal stripes across the chest. Three partially obstructed individuals are visible behind the trio. Photograph is taken inside a building with light tan walls with windows trimmed in mid-tone wood. Image of back of photograph depicts handwritten text. At top center in blue ink is [L to R / Johnnie Cochrane{sic}, Atty / TRR 1921 Lawsuit, / Eddie Faye Gates, member, / OK Commission to Study TRR / 1921 / Chair of Survivors / Committee, Tulsa business- / man Kevin Jerome Gates]. At bottom in black ink is [L to R. Johnnie Cochran, Eddie Faye / Gates and Kevin Gates / 2001 - Tulsa, OK]. Additional text appears off an arrow drawn from Johnnie Cochran's name: [a / Leading lawyer / TRR 1921 / Lawsuit]. At top right is [Action / 2000], where "2001" was originally written in blue ink, but the last three digits were overwritten in black marker.
- 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
- Race relations
- Tulsa Race Massacre
- 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
- 2014.117.52
- Restrictions & Rights
- Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.