Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Digital image of Eddie Faye Gates, Johnnie Cochran, and Kevin Jerome Gates
2000-2001
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, North and Central America
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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