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Don Ross -- Representative Don Ross

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Subject Source: Gilcrease Dci People

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Eddie Faye Gates with Don Ross holding a campaign sign running for State Representative, 1980s

 Item — Box 6
Identifier: 4327.10453
Curatorial Remarks

People: Eddie Faye Gates, State Representative Don Ross Places: Don Ross campaign headquarters, Robert Copeland's law office

Community Elder Tags: red lipstick, bummer sticker, Election of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives

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



Dates: 1980s

Jean Jones, Representative Don Ross, Dr. Lawrence Reed, at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma for the Thelma and Henry Whitlow induction into Hall of Fame, October 27, 1990

 Item — Box 7
Identifier: 4327.10818
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "L. to R. Jean Jones Rep. Don Ross, EFG, Dr. Lawrence Reed, Okmulgee native" in top left center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Greenwood Cultural Center Tulsa, OK 10-27-1990" in center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Thelma & Henry Whitlow Induction into Hall of Fame" in bottom center on verso; Printed in black ink, "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks...
Dates: October 27, 1990

Johnnie Cochran standing at the head of a long table of people, Eddie Faye Gates seated on the right at a meeting at the Supreme Court building, in Washington, District of Columbia; Copy 1 of 2, 2007

 Item — Box 3
Identifier: 4328.10974
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "D.C. 2007 [partially cut off] in lower right corner on recto; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "2007" in lower right corner on verso; Printed in black ink,"990104022_0.JPG 030 DPOF Aux 007 N N N N--- 990104022ARE Z101-0/100.0" in center right on verso Curatorial Remarks Looks like a meeting in Washing D.C. with Eddie Faye Gates in attendancePeople: Eddie Faye Gates and others Places: Washington...
Dates: 2007

Representative Don Ross at an "Operation Outreach 'At Risk'" retreat, at Our Lady of the Osages, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 7, 1991

 Item — Box 6
Identifier: 4327.10575
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Rep. Don Ross, Dist. 73, wows the audience at an Operation Out-reach "AT-Risk" retreat, Our Lady of the Osages, Tulsa, Nov. 7, 1991" on verso; Printed in black ink, "Kodak PAPER" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks Don Ross was a State Representative who served the North Tulsa Black Community. He and former Senator Maxine Horner help build the Historical Greenwood Cultural Center on Greenwood. ...
Dates: November 7, 1991

Representative Don Ross, of Tulsa, Eddie Faye Gates, Social Studies Curriculum Coordinator of Tulsa Public Schools and Oklahoma House of Representatives "At Risk" Commissioner, Evelyn Lawson, principle of Monroe Middle School in Tulsa, and Millard House, the Assistant Superintendant of Tulsa Public Schools at the 1990 National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) Convention, in the Loews Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas; Copy 1 of 2, November 19, 1990

 Item — Box 6
Identifier: 4327.11074
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "NABSE Convention Loew's Anatole Hotel Dallas 11-19-1990 L. TO R. State Rep. Don Ross, Dem., Tulsa, Dist. 73, Eddie Faye Gates, Soc. St. Curric Coord., TPS, Okla. House of Rep. AT Risk Comm., Evelyn Lawson, Prin ["cipal" inscribed by hand in black ink] Monroe M.S., Millard House, Assist. Supt., TPS." on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "November" encircling 1990 on verso; Printed in black ink, "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" repeating on...
Dates: November 19, 1990

Representative Don Ross standing behind four unidentified women seated at a table, 1900 - 2010

 Item — Box 8
Identifier: 4327.10607
Curatorial Remarks Tulsans gathered at the Oklahoma State Capitol for a luncheon acknowledging the teenage pages from across the state. Also in attendance was Booker T. Washington High School when the basketball team won state title. Wayman Tisdale, as a student at BTW was also attendance. Tisdale would later have a successful colligate sports career, but later would have a successful career in both National Basketball Association, and music as well.People: Wayman Tisdale, Augusta Mann, State...
Dates: 1900 - 2010

Senator Maxine Horner, Attallah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcom X, and Representative Don Ross, at the Greenwood Cultural Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, November 9, 1989

 Item — Box 7
Identifier: 4327.10812
Scope and Contents Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Sen. Maxine Horner Attallah Shabazz (Malcolm X's daughter) Rep. Don Ross Greenwood Center Nov. 9, 1989" in left center on verso; Printed in black ink, "AGFA [logo] QUALITY PAPER MADE IN GERMANY" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks People: Oklahoma Senator Maxine Horner, Attallah Shabazz (daughter of Malcolm X), Oklahoma Representative Don Ross Places: Greenwood Cultural Center, 322 N Greenwood Avenue...
Dates: November 9, 1989

"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

The National Black Legislative Caucus 1987 Planning Youth Conference, Tulsa Press Club; Copy 1 of 5, November 6, 1987

 Item — Box 3
Identifier: 4327.10976
Scope and Contents Printed in black ink, "020310321001 17/25> Mom Don Ross_adj+ 2> 07/02/2007" in center on verso; Inscribed by hand in blue ink, "Tulsa, OK" on label in upper left corner on verso; Inscribed by hand in black ink, "Black Legislative Caucus Planning Meeting Tulsa, OK 1987" in upper center on verso; Printed in black ink, "FUJIFILM Fujicolor Crystal Archive Paper" repeating on verso Curatorial Remarks...
Dates: November 6, 1987