Black Wall Street
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Dci Tags
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Jo Pearl Jarrett waiting on a customer in Jarrett's Grocery, 1920s
Item — Box 3
Identifier: 4327.10366
Scope and Contents
Inscribed by hand in red ink, "#39 p. 144" in upper right on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Jarrett's Grocery Store 1100 Block No. Greenwood" in center on verso; Inscribed by hand in red ink, "(Shoot down or juxtapose)" in lower left on verso Curatorial Remarks Places: Jarrets Grocery StoreCommunity Elder Tags: Greenwood, 1100 North Greenwood Ave, Jarrets Grocery StoreKavin Ross, Community Expert for the...
Dates:
1920s
Lloyd H. Williams, Jr. standing in front of Williams Drugstore, June 7, 1949
Item — Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 4327.10305
Scope and Contents
Stamped in black ink, "[illegible] THIS IS A KODACOLOR PRINT MADE BY EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY T.M. REGIS., U.S. PAT. OFF. Jun 7 1949" in upper center on verso Curatorial Remarks Community Elder Tags: black wall streetBobby Eaton, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022 Curatorial Remarks Community Youth Tags: African American, young man, store, eyes squinting,...
Dates:
June 7, 1949
"Survivors' Stories." Includes interviews of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors conducted for the Oklahoma Commission to Study the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921. Photo montage accompanied by "Greenwood Is You", words and music written and performed by Reverend Bryan and Monolesia Williams. Interview one is by Eddie Faye Gates and Kavin Ross with George Monroe. Interview two is by Eddie Faye Gates and Kavin Ross with Iola Streeter Jackson. Interview three is by Eddie Faye Gates and Kavin Ross with Veneice Dunn Sims. Interview four is by Kavin Ross and Eddie Faye Gates with Kinney Booker. Interview five is by Kavin Ross with Elwood Lett. Interview six is by Eddie Faye Gates with Theodore Porterfield. Interview seven is by Eddie Faye Gates and Kavin Ross with Ernestine Gibbs. Interview eight is by Eddie Faye Gates with Ruby McCormick. Interview nine is by Eddie Faye Gates with Wes Young. Interview ten is by Eddie Faye Gates with Otis G. Clark., 1999 - 2000
Item — Box 18
Identifier: 5327.1686
Curatorial Remarks
The Black Wall Street survivors series was created for the survivors to tell their stories about the human disaster of 1921 on the streets of Greenwood. The filming began on April of 1996. The bulk of the interviews were filmed inside the Mabel Little Heritage House, Greenwood Cultural Center, and at times, in the homes of the survivors. Most of the survivors shared similar stories from the perspective of a child ranging from age 5 to 17 years of age. Many survivors would agree that their...
Dates:
1999 - 2000
Three people standing in front of two house in Denver, Colorado, the person in middle is Cleo Peevyhouse-Phillips, early 20th century
Item — Box 2
Identifier: 4327.10413
Scope and Contents
Stamped in purple ink, "JUNE 26 1939 BRI-TONE PRINTS Trade Mark Reg. DENVER" in upper center on verso Curatorial Remarks People: possibly Eunice Jackson
Places: possibly in the Greenwood DistrictCommunity Elder Tags: three people, woman in dress, two men and a woman standing in front of a brick home, sepia tone, Greenwood District, two men and one woman, strings for ivy plant, limestone caps on porch, dress, men in suits,...
Dates:
early 20th century