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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
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Karen Jackson Simpson and survivors Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, Thelma Thurman Knight, and Otis Granville Clark, with an unidentified woman in Washington, District of Columbia
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A group photo of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors in front of United States Capitol Building, Washington, District of Columbia, Copy 4 of 6

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Curatorial Remarks

Looks like a protest in Washington D.C.

People: Eddie Faye Gates, Dr. Clarke
Places: Washington D.C.
Purpose: civil rights protest

Community Elder Tags: protest, civil rights, black coats, men, women, capitol, gloves, watch, ties, earrings, hats, trees

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

Community Youth Tags: protest, young woman, Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, 2007, holding paper, cold weather, state capital, Massacre protest, crowd

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

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Title(s): 
A group photo of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors in front of United States Capitol Building, Washington, District of Columbia, Copy 4 of 6
Creator(s): 
Eddie Faye Gates Gates (Subject)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
2007
Classification: 
Photographs
Object Type: 
Photograph
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Accession No: 
4328.10953
Previous Number(s): 
Previous #: 4328.10385c; TL2019.20
Department: 
Archive
Collection: 
The Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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