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Eddie Faye Gates and a group of her students

The Tulsa Race Massacre group, Thelma Thurman Knight, Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, and Robert Holloway, with Eddie Faye Gates, and a group of Harvard University faculty and students are in the House of Representatives

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People: Mr. Clark, Eddie Faye Gates, Dorothy Height Civil Rights Activist

Community Elder Tags: group photo

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


Dororthy I Height was serving as the President of the National Council of Women (NCW). Very active in the Civil Rights Movement and African American issues, during that era. She was a member of the six that accompanied MLK but was not recognized by the press

People: Dorothy I Height, Eddie Faye Gates, Otis Clark, House of Representatives, Harvard University group, green dress, white shirt, blue dress, green medals, large group photo,
Places: Washington D.C.
Purpose: Meeting with Dorothy I. Height by the survivors and Harvard student group

Community Elder Tags: blue chairs in foreground, bearded survivor, golden coat, lady in wheel chair

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


Community Youth Tags: Survivors, 2005, students, facility, Harvard, blue chairs, wheelchair, white curtains, group, crowd, beige wall, black doors, formal wear, sunday best

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

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Title(s): 
The Tulsa Race Massacre group, Thelma Thurman Knight, Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, and Robert Holloway, with Eddie Faye Gates, and a group of Harvard University faculty and students are in the House of Representatives
Creator(s): 
Dorothy Height Height (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: 
4328.10539
Previous Number(s): 
TL2019.20
Department: 
Not On View

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