Funeral program of Lt. Col. Major Clark
date: label: Date
content: 1999
name: label: Printed by
content: Jack's Memory Chapel, American, founded 1948
label: Owned by
content: Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
label: Subject of
content: Lt. Col. Major Clark, American, 1917 - 1999
notes: label: Description
content: Digital copy of a funeral program for Lt. Col. Major Clark. The program is printed in black ink on a single sheet of blue paper, folded to form four pages. The first page, or cover, reads [Homegoing Service / for / Lt. Col. Major Clark / 1917-1999] and has a black and white portrait of Clark in military uniform. Beneath the photo, the program has details for the funeral service, held at Rose of Sharon Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The first interior page has several paragraph titled [Reflections on the LIfe of Lt. Col. Major Clark] from his birth in Headland, Alabama and childhood in Haskell, Oklahoma, to his military career, which involved service, World War II, Korea and a position at the Pentagon. He retired from the Army in 1960 and relocated to Tulsa, Oklahoma. The program also details his activism, stating [He fought, mostly behind the scenes, to correct the historical lies, distortions, and injustices regarding our Black military men]. The second interior page has the [Order of Service] for the funeral. The back page has a message of thanks from the family, a list of pall bearers and floral attendants. At bottom center is a message from Jack's Memory Chapel.
place: label: Place collected
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: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Funeral customs and rites
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
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: 2014.117.68
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: programs
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): 208.78 MB