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Digital image of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors in front of United States Capitol

2005

Washington, District of Columbia, 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.

A digital image of a photograph of Tulsa Race Massacre survivors, families, and supporters at a demonstration in support of reparations in Washington, DC. The U.S. Capitol building is visible in the background. Individuals wear coats, hats, and gloves. Thelma Knight and Otis Clark are flanked and walk arm-in-arm with other individuals. Wess Young Sr. is partially visible behind Knight, wearing a Dallas Cowboys ballcap and a jacket. Eddie Faye Gates is partially visible, wearing a green coat Robert Holloway is partially visible over Clark's right shoulder, wearing a faded red ballcap. There is no image of the back of the original photograph.

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Catalog reference: 2014.117.55

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