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Unidentified individual with Eddie Faye Gates at the dedication ceremony of John Hope Franklin Boulevard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, December 5, 1997

 Item — Box: 10
Identifier: 4327.10867

Scope and Contents

Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "John Hope Franklin Blvd. Dedication" in center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "12-5-1997" in bottom center on verso; Printed in black ink, "

Curatorial Remarks

This event was the dedication of the John Hope Franklin Boulevard bridges hat stretches the historically all Black Greenwood District journeyed west through the historically all White Brady Heights District, two communities that were once separated by race. John Hope Franklin, along with Tulsa massacre survivor, Mabel B. Little. Dignitaries on hand were State Rep. Don Ross, Dorothy DeWitty, Ed Lacy, Sharon King Davis, and Scott Ellsworth.

People: Principal Stevens, Eddie Faye Gates, Places: North Hall, Rogers University/OSU-Tulsa Purpose: Dedication of John Hope Franklin Boulevard

Community Elder Tags: Principal Stevenson Booker T. Washington High School, Eddie Faye Gates.

Kavin Ross, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Curatorial Remarks

People: Eddie Faye Gates Places: Tulsa Oklahoma, OSU Tulsa Purpose: Naming of John Hope Franklin Boulevard Ceremony

Community Elder Tags: poster, black man standing near Mrs. Gates, blue suit, man in hounds tooth print suit, yellow plant outside window, inside brick building, microphone, podium, room faces outside area

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

Curatorial Remarks

Community Youth Tags: White microphone, black cat eyed glasses, red lipstick, windows, grey walls, white walls, Black and white suit jacket, maroon suit shirt, wooden bench, wooden stand, orange leaves on trees, blue suit jacket, black shirt

Iana Redman, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Dates

  • December 5, 1997

Extent

1 Photographic Prints : Color

Language of Materials

English