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Eight individuals in Washington, District of Columbia, from left to right pictured are three unidentified individuals, Representative Maxine Waters, Dorothy Tillman, civil rights activist, Raymond Knight, and seated are Wess Young, Sr. and Eddie Faye Gate
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Survivors Wess Young, Sr., (mostly off camera on the left), Raymond Knight, and Otis Granville Clark, with Eddie Faye Gates, an unidentified man, and Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt
Melvin "Mel" L. Watt
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An obscured individual, an unidentified woman, survivors Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, and Thelma Thurman Knight, (all seated) with Raymond Knight, Eddie Faye Gates, and Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, and Representative Sheila Jackson L

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Appears that the survivors are being honored in Congressional Hall.

People: Eddie Faye Gate, Otis Clark, U.S Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Representative of North Carolina Melvin Watts
Places: Washington D.C.

Community Elder Tags: hanging lamp, wooden background, survivors seated, U.S. Representative, Asian lady

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

Community Youth Tags: navy suit, yellow tie, grey suit, silver tie, peach suit, blue jacket, red coat, black scarf, black dress, pink jacket, wooden wall, lamp, medals, glasses, red lipstick

Iana Redman, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

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Title(s): 
An obscured individual, an unidentified woman, survivors Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, and Thelma Thurman Knight, (all seated) with Raymond Knight, Eddie Faye Gates, and Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, and Representative Sheila Jackson L
Creator(s): 
Melvin "Mel" L. Watt Watt (Subject)
Eddie Faye Gates Gates (Subject)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
March 8, 2005
Classification: 
Photographs
Object Type: 
Photograph
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Accession No: 
4328.10547
Previous Number(s): 
TL2019.20
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
The Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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