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"Survivors' Stories." Includes interviews of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors conducted for the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Photo montage accompanied by "Greenwood Is You", words and music written and performed by Reverend Bryan
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An unidentified African woman with Virginia Franklin at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Mildred Peevyhouse Williams

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Community Elder Tags: Randle Studio Tulsa 31, signed in pencil, girlish bob hairstyle, thick dark eyebrows, innocent girlish look, clear large eyes, thin upper lip, sleeveless dark shift dress, lace trim v-neckline, 24, matted vintage photograph, decorated mat, orange berry

Francine Campbell, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022


Community Elder Tags: sleeveless blouse

Montecella Driver, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022


Community Youth Tags: vintage portrait, finger waves, 1900s, 19th century, pearl necklace, long earrings, dangling earrings, pearl earrings, lace shirt, low neck top, v neck, stoic, woman, Female, girl, berry frame, plant frame, gray backdrop, gray background, professional portrait, expressionless, blank expression, inexpressive, dark eyes, dark hair, bob, turned towards the side

Erika Hanes, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

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Title(s): 
Mildred Peevyhouse Williams
Culture: 
American
Date: 
early 20th century
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Accession No: 
4327.10398
Previous Number(s): 
TL2019.20
Department: 
Not On View

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