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Digital image of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa

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    Object Details

    Photograph by

    Unidentified

    Subject of

    Delois Ramsey, born 1919
    Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021
    Thelma Knight, 1915 - 2009
    Roanna McClure, born 1914
    Otis Clark, 1903 - 2012
    Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, 1915 - 2007
    Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa, founded 1909
    Unidentified Woman or Women
    Unidentified Man or Men

    Owned by

    Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021

    Description

    Digital image of a photograph of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and Eddie Faye Gates posed in two rows. Ten people are seated in the first row, and six stand behind them. Fifteen of the sixteen people wear or display the Oklahoma Medal of Distinction, medals hanging from green ribbon - Eddie Faye Gates, who stands third from the right in a black dress and animal print scarf, instead wears a red ribbon. Survivors present include Delois Vaden Ramsey, second row and second from left in a turquoise dress; Thelma Knight, second row and second from right in a black jacket; Roanna Henry McClure, first row and fourth from the left in a light blue dress and white hat; Otis Clark, second row and second from the right in a white suit and bowtie; and Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, second row and first from the right in a white dress. The photograph is taken in the gymnasium of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of a Riot Commemoration Program. The backdrop is a short brick wall and a red curtain. Back of photograph has a repeating watermark for Kodak Royal Paper. There are several inscriptions on the image of the back. At top left in blue ink is [#133]. At bottom left in blue ink is [TRR 1921 Survivors / June 4, 2001 / Riot Commemoration Program / Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Tulsa]. At center right in black ink is [2001].

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa OK, author, historian, community activist

    Date

    June 4, 2001

    Object number

    2014.117.54.1

    Restrictions & Rights

    Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    portraits
    digital images
    digital media - born analog

    Medium

    digital

    Dimensions

    File size (overall): 109.86 MB

    Place depicted

    Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Collection title

    Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Classification

    Photographs and Still Images

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    American South
    American West
    Baptist
    Communities
    Justice
    Race relations
    Tulsa Race Massacre
    U.S. History, 2001-

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50e6c9785-6acf-41b9-9b4f-08dfd2988aec

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2014.117.54.1
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