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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:

Survivors Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, and Thelma Thurman Knight on their way to the United States Supreme Court in Washington, District of Columbia, March 7, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10523
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "L TO R. Wess Young, Otis G. Clark Thelma Thurman Knight, TRR 1921. on way to U.S. Supreme Ct., D.C. March 7, 2005" in bottom center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 78/142 > c,Y,K at airport_0007 7> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks 1921 massacre...
Dates: March 7, 2005

Survivors Wess Young, Sr., Thelma Thurman Knight, Eddie Faye Gates, Otis Granville Clark, and an unidentified woman in Washington, District of Columbia, March 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10560
Scope and Contents

Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 111/142 > Mom, C, Y, K, leslie in+ 40> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso

Dates: March 2005

Survivors Wess Young, Sr., Thelma Thurman Knight, Eddie Faye Gates, Otis Granville Clark, and an unidentified woman in Washington, District of Columbia, March 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10561
Scope and Contents

Printed in black ink, "076086 23>019 +00+00+00+01 835 dscf0537 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

Ten individuals in Washington, District of Columbia, pictured left to right: an unidentified man, Representative Al Green, two obscured individuals, Karen Jackson Simpson, survivors Genevieve Tillman-Jackson and Wess Young, Sr. (seated), Raymond Knight, and Representative Bobby Lee Rush, is facing away at the bottom right of the photograph, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10545
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "L TO R" in upper left on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Standing L to R 1. 2. Bobby Rush, Repr. ILL 3. Karen Jackson Simpson 4. Raymond Knight" in lower left on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Seated" Genevieve Tillman Jackson Wess Young" in lower center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 141/142 > Young, Simpson, cong+ 70> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink,...
Dates: March 8, 2005

The Tulsa Race Massacre group, Thelma Thurman Knight, Wess Young, Sr., Otis Granville Clark, Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, and Robert Holloway, with Eddie Faye Gates, and a group of Harvard University faculty and students are in the House of Representatives, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10540
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

Tulsa Race Massacre group (pictured clockwise left to right: Raymond Knight, Otis Granville Clark, Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, Karen Jackson Simpson, Wess Young, Sr., Robert Holloway and his wife Anita Holloway) with Eddie Faye Gates on a chartered bus to events in Washington, District of Columbia, March 8, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10528
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "1921 TRR group on chartered bus - to D.C. events March 8, 2005" in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 75/142 > All on bus_0004 4> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks People: Eddie Faye GatesCommunity Elder Tags: BusBobby Eaton,...
Dates: March 8, 2005

Tulsa Race Massacre survivors and supporters at a demonstration in support of reparations in front of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, District of Columbia, including Wess Young, Sr. and Genevieve Tillman-Jackson, 2005

 Item — Box: 6
Identifier: 4328.10490
Scope and Contents

Inscribed in blue ink, "U.S. Supreme Court D.C. 2005" in upper center on verso; Inscribed in blue ink, ".3" in bottom right corner; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 140/142 > Young keepign warm_0+ 69> 03/20/05" in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso

Dates: 2005

Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Otis Granville Clark, Thelma Thurman Knight, Wess Young, Sr. standing in front of Representative Maxine Waters, standing behind Waters is Mary N. Elliott, a descendant of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, and lawyer Dr. Charles Ogletree Jr. in front of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, District of Columbia at a demonstration in support of reparations; Copy 1 of 4, 2005

 Item — Box: 3
Identifier: 4328.10984
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in black ink, "L to R - front Otis Granville Clark, Thelma Knight, Wess Young, TRR1921 Survivors Back - Left. U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, CA. 2nd row - Dr. Charles Ogletree, Harvard U; lead atty TRR1921 lawsuit" in upper center on verso; Printed in black ink, "0203107000915 64/64= > Copy of survivo+ 6> 08/11/2008" in center on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "2005" in lower left corner on verso; Printed in black ink,...
Dates: 2005

Tulsa Race Massacre survivors Otis Granville Clark, Thelma Thurman Knight, Wess Young, Sr. standing in front of Representative Maxine Waters, standing behind Waters is Mary N. Elliott, a descendant of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, and lawyer Dr. Charles Ogletree Jr. in front of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, District of Columbia at a demonstration in support of reparations; Copy 2 of 4, 2005

 Item — Box: 3
Identifier: 4328.10985
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in black ink, "L to R- front Otis Granville Clark, Thelma Knight, Wess Young, TRR1921 Survivors Back - Left. Congresswoman Maxine Waters, CA. 2nd row- Dr. Charles Ogletree, Harvard U; lead atty TRR1921 lawsuit" in top on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "2005" in lower left corner on verso; Printed in black ink, 02031072000915 64/64= > Copy of survivo+ 6> 08/11/2008" in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor...
Dates: 2005

Additional filters:

Subject
American 33
Photograph 33
The Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection 33
Wess Young 19
Otis Granville Clark 13
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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
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