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Survivors Otis Granville Clark, Thelma Thurman Knight, and Robert Holloway (all seated) with Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, standing behind them in Washington, District of Columbia
Melvin "Mel" L. Watt

Otis Granville Clark, Anita and Robert Holloway, Eddie Faye Gates, and Thelma Thurman Knight on a transit from the Senate to the House of Representatives in the Supreme Court in Washington, District of Columbia

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Senator Barak Obama helped TRR 1921 group get from wrong Congressional building, (Senate) to right building (House) via this transit!

People: Wes Young Sr, Eddie Faye Gates
Places: capital complex transit system, Washington D.C.
Purpose: visit to the Supreme Court

Community Elder Tags: unidentified people riding the transit, March 8 2005, armed riflemen atop buildings, camera flash reflection, gray beard, gray haired, transit tram, blue coat, black hat, gray baseball cap, eyeglasses, brown leather pendant, ankh, WE CAME FROM, Africa, gray shirt with black white and blue stripes, TRR, Tulsa race riot

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


Community Youth Tags: Senate, congress, Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, Tulsa race riot Survivors, pink blazer, Black man with beard, glasses, white hair, gray hair, green lanyard, red lipstick, black jacket, tan jacket, beige jacket, transit, curly ear length hair, clay medallion, clay textile, clay pendant, striped collared shirt, pinstripe shirt, baseball cap, baseball hat, black hat, white hat, red hat, maroon hat, March 8th 2005, trolley

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

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Title(s): 
Otis Granville Clark, Anita and Robert Holloway, Eddie Faye Gates, and Thelma Thurman Knight on a transit from the Senate to the House of Representatives in the Supreme Court in Washington, District of Columbia
Creator(s): 
Eddie Faye Gates Gates (Subject)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
March 8, 2005
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Accession No: 
4328.10536
Previous Number(s): 
TL2019.20
Department: 
Not On View

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