Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 2490 pixels × 3662 pixels
File size: 52.24 MB
Type:
portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog
Place depicted:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
Date:
2005
Description:
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.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
