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
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 ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso
Senator Barak Obama helped TRR 1921 group get from wrong Congressional building, (Senate) to right building (House) via this transit!
People: Wes Young Sr, Eddie Faye Gates
Places: capital complex transit system, Washington D.C.
Purpose: visit to the Supreme Court
Community Elder Tags: unidentified people riding the transit, March 8 2005, armed riflemen atop buildings, camera flash reflection, gray beard, gray haired, transit tram, blue coat, black hat, gray baseball cap, eyeglasses, brown leather pendant, ankh, WE CAME FROM, Africa, gray shirt with black white and blue stripes, TRR, Tulsa race riot
Francine Campbell, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022
Community Youth Tags: Senate, congress, Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, Tulsa race riot Survivors, pink blazer, Black man with beard, glasses, white hair, gray hair, green lanyard, red lipstick, black jacket, tan jacket, beige jacket, transit, curly ear length hair, clay medallion, clay textile, clay pendant, striped collared shirt, pinstripe shirt, baseball cap, baseball hat, black hat, white hat, red hat, maroon hat, March 8th 2005, trolley
Erika Hanes, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022
Dates
- Creation: March 8, 2005
Access Restrictions
The Eddie Faye Gates collection is open for research. Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply based on copyright and/or licensing. All collection materials, including those not online, may be accessed in-person in the Maxine and Jack Zarrow Reading Room at the Helmerich Center for American Research. Please submit a Request to Conduct Research form to schedule a research visit. For all other inquiries, please contact hcarlibrary@utulsa.edu.
Full Extent
1 Photographic Prints : Color; Leaf 51 (Original Album position on Page 14, back pocket, middle slot)
Language of Materials
English
Credit Line
Gift of Eddie Faye Gates, Tulsa, OK, teacher, author, community activist
Previous Number 1
TL2019.20
Subject
- Gates, Eddie Faye, February 05, 1934–December 09, 2021 (Depicted, Person)
- Holloway, Anita Scott (Depicted, Person)
- Holloway, Robert, Jr. (Depicted, Person)
- Knight, Thelma J. "Mama Knight" Thurman (Depicted, Person)
- Clark, Otis Granville (Depicted, Person)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Photograph
- Tulsa Race Massacre, Tulsa, Okla., 1921
- ankhs -- ankh -- ansate crosses
- baseball caps -- baseball cap -- ball caps
- black hats
- eyeglasses -- glasses
- trams -- tram
- trolleybuses -- trolleybus
- white hats -- white hat
Geographic
Topical
- Barack Obama -- President Barack Obama -- Senator Barack Obama
- Eddie Faye Gates
- TRR
- The Eddie Faye Gates Tulsa Race Massacre Collection
- Tulsa Race Massacre survivors -- Tulsa race massacre survivor -- Tulsa race riot Survivors
- Tulsa Race Riot survivors visit D.C.
- WE CAME FROM
- Wess Young
- armed riflemen atop buildings
- beige jacket
- black jacket
- Black man with beard
- blue coat
- brown leather pendant
- camera flash reflection
- clay medallion
- clay pendant
- clay textile
- Congress
- curly ear length hair
- gray baseball cap
- gray beard
- gray hair
- gray shirt with black white and blue stripes
- green lanyard
- maroon hat
- pink blazer
- pinstripe shirt
- public transit -- public transportation
- race massacre survivors
- red hat
- red lipstick
- senates -- senate
- striped collared shirt
- tan jacket
- unidentified people riding the transit
- visit to the Supreme Court
- White Hair
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository