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Knight, Thelma J. "Mama Knight" Thurman

 Person

Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:

An obscured individual, an unidentified woman, survivors Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, and Thelma Thurman Knight, (all seated) with Raymond Knight, Eddie Faye Gates, and Representative Melvin "Mel" Luther Watt, and Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, standing behind them in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10547
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in black ink, "Melvin Watts, Rep["r." inscribed by hand in blue ink] NC" in bottom center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 117/142 > Mom, K, K, Y, C, H + cong+ 46> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks Appears that the survivors are being honored in Congressional...
Dates: March 8, 2005

Blue Photo Album, 1973 - 2008

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6
Scope and Contents Sub-series is comprised of 160 photographs from a blue covered photo album. Dates range from 1973 to approximately 2008. The photographs consist of portraits and snapshots of various survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, photographs from Eddie Faye Gates' trip to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., and various events attended by Eddie Faye Gates, like the 1990 Human Rights Seminar in Tulsa, the 1991 Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries Racism Conference, The National Black Legislative...
Dates: 1973 - 2008

Dianne Gates-Anderson posing with massacre survivors Thelma Thurman Knight and Raymond Knight, March 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10568
Scope and Contents

Printed in black ink, "076086 21>024 +00+00+00+01 835 dscf0535 BELTON0760" in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "Kodak PROFESSIONAL ENDURA PAPER PAPIER PAPEL DO NOT COPY REPRODUCTION INTERDETE PROFESSIONAL IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHT PROTECTED " repeating on verso

Dates: March 2005

Dr. Charles Ogletree Jr., Tulsa Race Massacre survivor Thelma Thurman Knight, and an unidentified individual at the United States Supreme Court in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10890
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Sub-series is comprised of 160 photographs from a blue covered photo album. Dates range from 1973 to approximately 2008. The photographs consist of portraits and snapshots of various survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre, photographs from Eddie Faye Gates' trip to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., and various events attended by Eddie Faye Gates, like the 1990 Human Rights Seminar in Tulsa, the 1991 Tulsa Metropolitan Ministries Racism Conference, The National Black Legislative...
Dates: March 8, 2005

Dr. Scott Ellsworth, Representative Maxine Waters, Ralph Knight, the son of survivor Thelma Thurman Knight, and Eddie Faye Gates in Washington, District of Columbia; Copy 3 of 7, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.11038
Scope and Contents

Printed in black ink, "0203103001002 44/91+> MomWatersKScott_+ 9> 07/02/2007" in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso

Dates: 2005

Eddie Faye Gates with the Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and others(pictured left to right, Wess Young, Sr., Raymond Knight behind Mr. Young standing next to an unidentified delivery driver, Thelma Thurman Knight, Otis Granville Clark, Genevieve Tillman-Jackson (seated), and an unidentified woman behind her) having their Jamaican food blessed by the delivery driver, in the Washington Suites at 2500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, in Georgetown, Washington, District of Columbia, March 7, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10527
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Jamaican delivery (food) young man blesses food for the TRR 1921 group, Washington Suites, Georgetown, 2500 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, March 7, 2005" in bottom center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 142/142 > 1st night dinner_007+ 71> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial...
Dates: March 7, 2005

Karen Jackson Simpson and survivors Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, Thelma Thurman Knight, and Otis Granville Clark, with an unidentified woman in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10891
Scope and Contents Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 99/142 > K, C, Jackson, congress_ 28> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks People: Dr ClarkeCommunity Elder Tags: Dr Clark, blue coat, hat, trench coat, tie, green madallionBobby Eaton, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project,...
Dates: March 8, 2005

Loose Scrapbook Pages - Tulsa Race Riot/Tulsa Reparations Commission/Family/Books, 1937 - 2010

 Sub-Series — Box: 8
Identifier: 8
Scope and Contents

Sub-series is comprised of 4 folders with 30 photographs. Dates range from 1937 to approximately 2010. The photographs consist of loose scrapbook pages of photographs mixed with newspaper clippings, and other manuscript items. Notable subjects included in these photographs are Elizabeth Chappelle, Representative Don Ross, and Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Robert Fairchild, Wess Young, Sr., Thelma Thurman Knight, Otis Granville Clark.

Dates: 1937 - 2010

Otis Granville Clark, Anita and Robert Holloway, Eddie Faye Gates, and Thelma Thurman Knight on a transit from the Senate to the House of Representatives in the Supreme Court in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10536
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "D.C." in upper center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "High alert! Armed rifleman atop bldgs." in upper left on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Sen. Barak Obama helped TRR 1921 group get from wrong Congr. bldg. (senate) to right bldg (House) via this transit! March 8, 2005"; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 139/142 > Y, K on trolley_0068 68> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black...
Dates: March 8, 2005

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Photograph 40
The Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection 40
Otis Granville Clark 16
Thelma Thurman Knight 15
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Wess Young 10
Eddie Faye Gates 7
Washington D.C. 5
Dr. Charles Ogletree 3
Representative of North Carolina Melvin Watts 3
Sheila Jackson Lee 3
black hat 3
black shirt 3
grey blazer 3
red hat 3
red lipstick 3
American Airlines 2
Congresswoman Maxine Waters 2
Dr. Clark 2
Dr. Clarke 2
Raymond Knight 2
TRR 2
Tulsa Oklahoma 2
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white collared shirt 2
wooden wall 2
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2006 1
2500 Pennsylvania Ave. 1
8 people 1
Advocacy for Reparations for 1921 Race Riot 1
Africa 1
African American 1
Asian lady 1
Black man with beard 1
Capitol complex transit system 1
D.C. 1
Dr. Christopher 1
Genevieve Tillman-Jackson 1
Georgetown 1
Greenwood 1
Houston 1
Jamaican delivery 1
Jamaican delivery man 1
Joe Burns 1
Johnnie Cochran 1
K.C. Jackson 1
Leslie Mansfield 1
Miss Vaden 1
Mr. Alexander 1
Mr. Clark 1
Mt. Zion Baptist Church 1
Oklahoma State Capitol 1
On the Way to the Supreme Court to request reparations. 1
Otis Clark in background 1
Photo 1
President Barack Obama 1
Randall Robinson 1
Raymond Holloway 1
Senate 1
Sunday best 1
Supreme Court 1
Supreme Court building 1
Survivors seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Massacre 1
TRR 1921 1
TRR 1921 Group 1
Texas -- TX 1
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Tulsa Race Massacre research 1
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Tulsa Race Riot 1
Tulsa Race Riot 1921 1
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