Digital image of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors before Supreme Court Building

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object Details

Photograph by
Unidentified
Subject of
Robert Holloway, 1918 - 2010
Dr. Olivia Hooker, 1915 - 2018
Charles Ogletree Jr., American, 1952 - 2023
Thelma Knight, 1915 - 2009
Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
Otis Clark, 1903 - 2012
Unidentified Man or Men
Owned by
Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
Description
A digital image of a photograph of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and advocates for reparations in front of the United States Supreme Court Building. Depicted from left to right are Robert Holloway, Dr. Olivia Hooker, Charles Ogletree Jr., Thelma Knight, Otis Clark, Eddie Faye Gates, and an unidentified individual. An additional individual is obscured between Dr. Hooker and Ogletree Jr. Individuals are holding copies of a petition to the court; Eddie Faye Gates also holds a copy of her book, Riot on Greenwood: The Total Destruction of Black Wall Street. There is no image of the back of the photograph.
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist
2005
Object number
2014.117.36
Restrictions & Rights
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Type
portraits
digital images
digital media - born analog
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 2490 pixels × 3662 pixels
File size: 26.12 MB
Place captured
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
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Collection title
Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Topic
African American
Activism
American South
American West
Economics
Justice
Law
Local and regional
Race relations
Tulsa Race Massacre
U.S. History, 2001-
Record ID
nmaahc_2014.117.36
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd511084ca6-0111-4612-a336-a1f9d9374653
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