Ross, Donald R., United States Representative (Oklahoma)
Person
General
Alternative Name: Donald R. Ross, Representative Don Ross; Former Oklahoma State Representative from 1982-2002 who led efforts to understand the Tulsa Race Massacre and co-sponsored legislation to establish the Tulsa Race Riot Commission. Alumnus of Booker T. Washington (Tulsa, OK). Interviewed in collection.
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
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
Conventions & Awards Ceremonies, 1987 - 1991
Sub-Series — Box: 13
Identifier: 13
Scope and Contents
Sub-series is comprised of 5 folders with 28 photographs. Dates range from 1987 to 1991. The photographs consist of miscellaneous images of Eddie Faye Gates attending various conventions and awards ceremonies she attended. There are images of Eddie Faye Gates preparing to present for the Tulsa Area Alliance of Black School Educators (TABSE) awards as well as her attending the conference for the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) in Dallas, Texas with her daughter Donna J....
Dates:
1987 - 1991
Eddie Faye Gates leaving her house for a dinner party with Representative Don Ross and Senator Maxine Horner, December 31, 1989
Item — Box: 11
Identifier: 4327.10726
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Leaving for: Don Ross, Maxine Horner Dinner/Party Dec. 31, 1988" in center on verso
Dates:
December 31, 1989
Eddie Faye Gates with Don Ross holding a campaign sign running for State Representative, 1980s
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4327.10453
Curatorial Remarks
People: Eddie Faye Gates, State Representative Don Ross
Places: Don Ross campaign headquarters, Robert Copeland's law office
Community Elder Tags: red lipstick, bummer sticker, Election of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives
Kavin Ross, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022
Dates:
1980s
Family Miscellaneous Photographs: Folder 2 - Dinner party with Don Ross and Maxine Horner, December 31, 1988
File — Box: 11
Identifier: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sub-series is comprised of 9 folders with 15 photographs. Dates range from 1988 to the mid-2000s. The photographs consist of miscellaneous images of relatives of Eddie Faye Gates such as her husband, Norman Gates, and her grandchildren Adrian and Ashley President, as well as herself. Other relatives include Terryk Petit, Javen Anthony Petit, Akili Anderson, Alma Anderson, and Azani Anderson.
Dates:
December 31, 1988
Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival, 1988 - 2004
Sub-Series — Box: 7
Identifier: 7
Scope and Contents
Sub-series is comprised of 9 folders with 45 photographs. Dates range from 1988-2004. The photographs consist of images from various events held at the Greenwood Cultural Center, as well as images from Tulsa Juneteenth and Tulsa Jazz Festival events. Notable subjects included in these photographs are Attallah Shabazz, Mozelle Lewis, Senator Maxine Horner, Jerry Goodwin, Millard House, Mabel Rice, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dawson, Verna Taliaferra, Ron Gilliam, Maxine Johnson, Joe Williams,...
Dates:
1988 - 2004
Jean Jones, Representative Don Ross, Dr. Lawrence Reed, at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the Thelma and Henry Whitlow induction into Hall of Fame, October 27, 1990
Item — Box: 7
Identifier: 4327.10818
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "L. to R. Jean Jones Rep. Don Ross, EFG, Dr. Lawrence Reed, Okmulgee native" in top left center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Greenwood Cultural Center Tulsa, OK 10-27-1990" in center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Thelma & Henry Whitlow Induction into Hall of Fame" in bottom center on verso; Printed in black ink, "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks...
Dates:
October 27, 1990
Found in:
Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research
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MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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Photographs
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival: Folder 2 - Henry and Thelma Whitlow induction to Oklahoma Hall of Fame - 1990
Joe Williams, talking to Attallah Shabazz, daughter of Malcom X, with unidentified individual pictured center, at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 9, 1989
Item — Box: 7
Identifier: 4327.10813
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Sherri Poitier" in top right on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Joe Williams, Pres. Tulsa NAACP Attallah Shabazz (Malcolm X's daughter) Rep. Don Ross Greenwood Center Nov. 9, 1989" in left center on verso; Printed in black ink, "AGFA [logo] QUALITY PAPER MADE IN GERMANY" repeating on verso
Dates:
November 9, 1989
Found in:
Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research
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MC.2020.001, Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
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Photographs
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival
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Greenwood Cultural Center Events/Tulsa Juneteenth/Tulsa Jazz Festival: Folder 1 - Malcom X's daughter, Attallah Shabazz, visits Greenwood Cultural Center - November 9, 1989
LaTasha Mayberry, Erica Jones, and Tracye Taylor, of Edison High School, with Representative Don Ross, at the Human Rights Seminar in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 31, 1990
Item — Box: 13
Identifier: 4327.10694
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Human Rights Seminar May 31, 1990 L. TO R. La Tasha Mayberry Erica Jones Trayce Taylor} Edison High School Rep. Don Ross, Dem. Dist. 73, Tulsa" on verso; Printed in black ink, "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" repeating on verso
Dates:
May 31, 1990
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