Title

A group portrait of young men from the High School YMCA Group in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ca. 1930. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Group portrait of a high school YMCA group in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group of young African-American men are formally posed in three rows in front of a brick building. The three men seated in the middle of the front row hold a triangular sign with a cross in the center and the letters H I Y across the top. The front row includes the following, as identified by Julius Pegues: L.E. McKeller, 4th from the left; Jesse Lee Greadington, 5th from the left; John Hope Franklin, 6th from the left; and Smith, last name unknown, 2nd from the left.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21A73_183

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

86,7Mb (2,7Mb) / 20,6in x 16,4in / 6175 x 4905 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait people black male boy boys student students man men education country guy teenager teenagers museum school location century thirties high school African American African-American B&W tulsa Oklahoma afro-american association United States of America Group Portrait Smithsonian Institution black & white black and white B W 1930s Educational Institution 20th century heritage American America USA scientific institution TGN YMCA photograph portrait united states young man young men Unknown cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC portraits silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper gelatin silver prints photographs Young Men's Christian Association