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Representative Don Ross at an "Operation Outreach 'At Risk'" retreat, at Our Lady of the Osages, in Tulsa, Oklahoma

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Don Ross was a State Representative who served the North Tulsa Black Community. He and former Senator Maxine Horner help build the Historical Greenwood Cultural Center on Greenwood.

People: Don Ross
Places: Unknown
Purpose: Speaker

Community Elder Tags: State Representative, activist, Parent, entrepreneur, mentor, fighter, humanitarian, community, father, dresser, tan, suit, glasses ring, tie, plant, door, speaker

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



State Representative Don Ross, District 73 wows the audience at an Operation Outreach "At-Risk retreat, Our Lady of the Osages in Tulsa, November 7, 1991

People: State Representative Don Ross, Isaac Evitt, Pearline Evitt Mildred Evitt-Wilburn, J. Kavin Ross

Community Elder Tags: November 7, 1991, Oklahoma State Representative, District 73 of Oklahoma, Greenwood Cultural Center, Zulu Lounge

Kavin Ross, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022


Eddie Faye Gates worked to affect the work that Representative Don Ross had initiated to seek reparations for the Tulsa Massacre Survivors. Acknowledging the atrocities of the Race Massacre and a need for reparations was his mission. A scholarship for descendants of the victims was created by his legislation. This location has changed its name. It is now called Post Oak Lodge.

People: Representative Don Ross
Places: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Our Lady of the Osages
Purpose: Operation Outreach Retreat

Community Elder Tags: retreat, gold and brown tie, beige suit, man wearing glasses, plant in background, male person speaking, double doors in the background, brick entrance.

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


Community Youth Tags: Operation Outreach 1991, Our Lady of the Osages 1991, November 7th 1991, Tulsa 1991, gray suit set, black representatives of Tulsa, large potted plant, Our Lady of the Osages conference, decorative stone pillar, black keynote speakers, neutral tone background, convention hall

LeQuincia Brown, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

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Title(s): 
Representative Don Ross at an "Operation Outreach 'At Risk'" retreat, at Our Lady of the Osages, in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Culture: 
American
Date: 
November 7, 1991
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Accession No: 
4327.10575
Previous Number(s): 
TL2019.20
Department: 
Not On View

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