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 with Dorothy Irene Height, March 8, 2005

Item — Box: 6

Identifier: 4328.10539

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "TRR 1921 Group and Harvard U. group (fac. & students) get to right bldg-House of Rep, and meet Dorothy Height March 8, 2005" in lower right on verso; Printed in black ink, "ccc3666 85/142 > crowd after Hare mtg_ 14> 03/20/05" vertically in center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso

Curatorial Remarks

People: Mr. Clark, Eddie Faye Gates, Dorothy Height Civil Rights Activist

Community Elder Tags: group photo

Bobby Eaton, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Curatorial Remarks

Dororthy I Height was serving as the President of the National Council of Women (NCW). Very active in the Civil Rights Movement and African American issues, during that era. She was a member of the six that accompanied MLK but was not recognized by the press

People: Dorothy I Height, Eddie Faye Gates, Otis Clark, House of Representatives, Harvard University group, green dress, white shirt, blue dress, green medals, large group photo, Places: Washington D.C. Purpose: Meeting with Dorothy I. Height by the survivors and Harvard student group

Community Elder Tags: blue chairs in foreground, bearded survivor, golden coat, lady in wheel chair

Montecella Driver, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Curatorial Remarks

Community Youth Tags: Survivors, 2005, students, facility, Harvard, blue chairs, wheelchair, white curtains, group, crowd, beige wall, black doors, formal wear, sunday best

Sofia Fermo, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Dates

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.