Young, Wessley "Wess" Hubert, Sr.
Person
General
World War II veteran and longtime Tulsa activist. Founder and first president of the Brady Heights Neighborhood Association.
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
A group of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Thelma Thurman Knight, Wess Young, Sr., Karen Jackson Simpson, Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, and Otis Granville Clark, with Representative Maxine Waters, Dr. Charles Ogletree, Eddie Faye Gates and dozens of their supporters in front of the United States Supreme Court Building, including the Harvard students and faculty involved in the petition in support of a reparations claim delivered to the Supreme Court of the United States, March 8, 2005
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10554
Scope and Contents
Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 86/142 > crowd on steps with c 15> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso
Dates:
March 8, 2005
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
Eddie Faye Gates and Senator Barack Obama with Otis Granville Clark, Wess Young, Sr., and Robert Holloway walking down the hall at the United States Supreme Court building, Copy 1 of 3, 2005
Item — Box: 3
Identifier: 4328.10971
Scope and Contents
Printed in black ink, "990104022_0.JPG 007 DPOF AUX 007 N N N N---990104022 ARE Z101.0/100.0" in right center on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "2005" in lower right on verso Curatorial Remarks Senator Obama, Dr. Clark, Eddie Faye Gates in 2005People: Senator Obama , Dr. Clark, Eddie Faye Gates, Wes Young
Places: White House Washington D.C.
Purpose: survivorsCommunity Elder Tags: senator, President, light...
Dates:
2005
Eddie Faye Gates and Senator Barack Obama with Otis Granville Clark, Wess Young, Sr., and Robert Holloway walking down the hall at the United States Supreme Court building, Copy 2 of 3, 2005
Item — Box: 3
Identifier: 4328.10972
Scope and Contents
Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso"0203107000915 55/64+ > Copy of Mom Bar+ 2> 08/11/2008"; Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso
Dates:
2005
Eddie Faye Gates and Senator Barack Obama with Otis Granville Clark, Wess Young, Sr., and Robert Holloway walking down the hall at the United States Supreme Court building, Copy 3 of 3, 2005
Item — Box: 3
Identifier: 4328.10973
Scope and Contents
Printed in black ink, "990104022_0.JPG 010 DPOF AUX 007 N N N N---990104022 APE Z101.0/100.0" in right center on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "2005" in bottom right on verso
Dates:
2005
Eddie Faye Gates (off-camera on the left) and survivors Wess Young, Sr., and Otis Granville Clark sitting at a bar in Washington, District of Columbia, March 2005
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10563
Scope and Contents
Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 81/142 > clark and young at ba 10> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso
Dates:
March 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
Eight individuals in Washington, District of Columbia, from left to right pictured are three unidentified individuals, Representative Maxine Waters, Dorothy Tillman, civil rights activist, Raymond Knight, and seated are Wess Young, Sr. and Eddie Faye Gates, March 8, 2005
Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10542
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in black ink, "L TO R. Standing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Seated Wess Young EFG" on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "'Maxine Waters Dorothy Tillman Raymond Knight" after numbers in lower left on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 83/142 > congress around Young 12> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso ...
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- American 33
- Photograph 33
- The Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection 33
- Wess Young 19
- Otis Granville Clark 13
- Thelma Thurman Knight 10
- Eddie Faye Gates 9
- Washington D.C. 8
- Raymond Knight 5
- black shirt 4
- glasses 4
- massacre survivors 4
- meeting 4
- red lipstick 4
- Congressional Hearing 3
- Congresswoman Maxine Waters 3
- Senator Barack Obama 3
- black pants 3
- grey pants 3
- hat 3
- medallion 3
- peach suit 3
- survivors seated 3
- white cap 3
- white collared shirt 3
- 8 people 2
- Anita Holloway 2
- Congressional Black Caucus 2
- Congressman Al Green 2
- D.C. 2
- Dr. Charles Ogletree 2
- Dr. Clark 2
- Genevieve Tillman-Jackson 2
- President 2
- President Barack Obama 2
- Representative Dorothy Tillman 2
- Representative of North Carolina Melvin Watts 2
- Robert Holloway 2
- Tulsa Massacre Survivor 2
- black blazer 2
- black coat 2
- black dress 2
- black hat 2
- black suit 2
- black tuxedo 2
- brown blazer 2
- coats 2
- collared shirts 2
- earrings 2
- eight people in photo 2
- eyeglasses 2
- flat cap 2
- gray hair 2
- grey beard 2
- grey blazer 2
- hanging lamp 2
- historical reference 2
- khaki trench coat 2
- lamp 2
- light blue tie 2
- medal 2
- pink coat 2
- red cap 2
- round glasses 2
- seven people 2
- stripped shirt 2
- stripped tie 2
- talking 2
- wooden wall 2
- wooden walls 2
- yellow tie 2
- 1921 Massacre Survivors 1
- 1921 Survivors 1
- 1921 race riot survivors 1
- 2500 Pennsylvania Ave. 1
- 5 people 1
- African American man with glasses 1
- African necklace 1
- American Airlines 1
- Asian lady 1
- Brady Heights 1
- Brady Heights Home 1
- Brady Street 1
- Bus 1
- Congress 1
- Congressional Hall 1
- Congressional Hearings 1
- Davis security yard sign 1
- Dr. John Hope Franklin 1
- Georgetown 1
- Group traveling in D.C. 1
- Jamaican delivery 1
- Jamaican delivery man 1
- Karen Jackson Simpson 1
- Leslie Mansfield 1
- Mr. Clark 1
- Mr. Corneilus Young 1
- North Denver Street 1
- On the Way to the Supreme Court to request reparations. 1
- Raymond Holloway 1 ∧ less
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