Digital image of Eddie Faye Gates, Johnnie Cochran, and Kevin Jerome Gates
date: label: Date
content: 2000-2001
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American, 1937 - 2005
label: Subject of
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Kevin Gates
label: Owned by
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: 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: 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: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Tulsa Race Massacre
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: 2014.117.52
objectType: label: Type
content: portraits
label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born analog
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: File size (overall): 137.28 MB