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Digital image of Eddie Faye Gates, Johnnie Cochran, and Kevin Jerome Gates

2000-2001

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Digital image of a photograph of Eddie Faye Gates and Kevin Gates with Johnnie Cochran, the lead lawyer in the lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Cochran, left, wears eyeglasses, a black suit, and a black, yellow, and green tie. Eddie Faye Gates, center, wears eyeglasses, a dark garment with front zipper, and a blue scarf or stole with "MRS EDDIE FAYE GATES" on it in gold. Kevin Gates, right, wears a light-colored sweater with blue and gray horizontal stripes across the chest. Three partially obstructed individuals are visible behind the trio. Photograph is taken inside a building with light tan walls with windows trimmed in mid-tone wood. Image of back of photograph depicts handwritten text.

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Catalog reference: 2014.117.52

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