Digital image of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors before Supreme Court Building
date: label: Date
content: 2005
name: label: Photograph by
content: Dianne D. Gates-Anderson
label: Subject of
content: Thelma Knight, 1915 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Wess Young Sr., 1917 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, 1915 - 2007
label: Subject of
content: Rep. Maxine Waters, American, born 1938
label: Subject of
content: Charles Ogletree Jr., American, 1952 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Otis Clark, 1903 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Owned by
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: Digital image of a photograph of a group of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and dozens of their supporters in front of the United States Supreme Court Building. Group includes the Harvard students and faculty involved in the petition in support of a reparations claim delivered to the Supreme Court of the United States. Visible are Thelma Knight, at left, wearing a black fur hat and black jacket, holding a copy of the petition to the Supreme Court and a purse; Wess Young Sr., wearing a Dallas Cowboys ballcap, dark eyeglasses, black overcoat, and blue shirt; Representative Maxine Waters; Charles Ogletree, wearing a dark suit with red tie and black scarf; Otis Clark, wearing a dark cap with gold braiding, tan overcoat, and a copy of the petition; and Eddie Faye Gates, slightly out of field, wearing a green coat. Seated in a wheelchair at front is Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, wearing a pink coat, pink pants, and white scarf over her head. There is no image of the back of the photograph.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
label: Place depicted
content: Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Economics
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Law
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Tulsa Race Massacre
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.117.35
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Dianne D. Gates-Anderson
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2490 pixels × 3662 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 52.24 MB