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: Otis Clark, 1903 - 2012
label: Subject of
content: Mary N. Elliott, American
label: Subject of
content: Rep. Maxine Waters, American, born 1938
label: Subject of
content: Thelma Knight, 1915 - 2009
label: Subject of
content: Charles Ogletree Jr., American, 1952 - 2023
label: Subject of
content: Wess Young Sr., 1917 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Man or Men
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Owned by
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
notes: label: Description
content: Digital images of a photograph of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and their supporters in front of the United States Supreme Court Building at a demonstration in support of reparations. Image of front of photograph depicts survivors Otis Clark, Thelma Knight, and Wess Young Sr. standing in front of Representative Maxine Waters and lawyer Charles Ogletree Jr. Additional individuals are visible behind. Clark wears a black cap with brown braid, and a tan overcoat over a suit and tie. Knight wears a black fur hat and black coat. Young Sr. wears a Dallas ballcap, eyeglasses, houndstooth jacket over blue polo, and a medallion that reads "WE CAME FROM / KINGS & QUEENS" with an ankh superimposed over an outline of Africa. All three wear the Oklahoma Medal of Distinction on green ribbon. Over Waters' right shoulder is Mary N. Elliott, a descendant of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors. The back of the photograph lists the names of the five individuals, location of the photograph, and the date. Back also has repeating [FUJIFILM / Fujicolor CrystalArchive / Paper] watermark.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
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: 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: 2014.117.59
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: File size (overall): 110.82 MB