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Montgomery West with unidentified young girl
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Eddie Faye Gates, the education award recipient, with Dr. William McLain, of Washington, District of Columbia and Alabama born, at the 1991 Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries Racism Conference, held at the downtown Doubletree Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Eddie Faye Gates

Two unidentified men in casual army dress, playing chess in barracks

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Community Elder Tags: Chess Game, table, chair, black man, white man, game, shirt, pants, bunk beds

Bobby Eaton, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022


Community Youth Tags: patterned curtains, brown dresser, bunk beds, smoking pipe, sitting, wooden chair, pull out table, two men, chess, slicked hair, arched, collared shirt, brown belt, khaki pants, thinking pose, African American, mustache, white t-shirt, belt, pants, shared room

Sofia Fermo, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

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Title(s): 
Two unidentified men in casual army dress, playing chess in barracks
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1900 - 2010
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Accession No: 
4327.10358
Previous Number(s): 
TL2019.20
Department: 
Not On View

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