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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

Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Robert Holloway, Dr. Olivia Hooker, Thelma Thurman Knight, Otis Granville Clark, with lawyer Dr. Charles Ogletree Jr. and Eddie Faye Gates, and two unidentified individuals at a demonstration in support of reparations in fron

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Living survivors visited Washington D.C. with attorney Johnny Cochran and Charles Ogletree to advocate for reparations from the 1921 Race Massacre.

People: Mr. Otis Clark, Eddie Faye Gates, Randall Robinson, Johnny Cochran, Charles Ogletree
Places: Washington D.C.
Purpose: Advocacy for Reparations for 1921 Race Riot

Community Elder Tags: green coat, supreme court building, Washington D.C, lawsuit, riot survivors legal documents, marble palace

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


Community Youth Tags: Eddie Faye Gates, Greenwood, Survivors, 2006, green long jacket, black long jackets, big white memorial building, brown hat, white man, red hat, silver circle glasses, rounded square glasses, white and black stripped tie, silver men's ring, pink or red lipstick, gray curly hair, straight black hair, short gray hair, black hats

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

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Title(s): 
Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Robert Holloway, Dr. Olivia Hooker, Thelma Thurman Knight, Otis Granville Clark, with lawyer Dr. Charles Ogletree Jr. and Eddie Faye Gates, and two unidentified individuals at a demonstration in support of reparations in fron
Creator(s): 
Charles J. Ogletree Ogletree (Subject)
Eddie Faye Gates Gates (Subject)
Culture: 
American
Date: 
1900 - 2010
Classification: 
Object Type: 
Credit Line: 
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Accession No: 
4328.11025
Previous Number(s): 
Previous #: 4328.10444b; TL2019.20
Department: 
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