Placard calling for reparations for the Tulsa Race Massacre

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Object Details

Created by

Unidentified

Owned by

Eddie Faye Gates, American, 1934 - 2021

Description

A handmade placard that reads “GIVE / ENOUGH! / REPARATIONS / NOW!” on one side. The sign is written in black marker on a white piece of poster board and is attached to a wooden stake with five metal staples.

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

ca. 2001

Object number

2014.117.1

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

picket signs

Medium

dye on poster board, wood

Dimensions

H x W x D: 35 × 13 15/16 × 1/4 in. (88.9 × 35.4 × 0.6 cm)

Place depicted

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

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Collection title

Eddie Faye Gates Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Classification

Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Activism

American South

American West

Economics

Justice

Race relations

Tulsa Race Massacre

United States History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5033e1e72-5633-4520-802d-19d93073c817

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.117.1