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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
Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, survivor Thelma Thurman Knight, and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee
Melvin "Mel" L. Watt

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

Curatorial Remarks

People: Eddie Faye Gates, Otis Clark, Representative Mel Watts, Wess Young
Places: Washington D.C, Congressional Hall

Community Elder Tags: black man in gold tie, black man with green medal, white man with gold tie, wooden wall, drapes, orange background, hanging lamp

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


Community Youth Tags: yellow tie, gray hair, gray suit jackets, chandelier, red lipstick, glasses, tribal necklace

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

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Title(s): 
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
Creator(s): 
Melvin "Mel" L. Watt Watt (Subject)
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: 
4328.10548
Previous Number(s): 
TL2019.20
Department: 
Not On View

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