Brown, Byrd, 1929-

Authoritative Name:

Brown, Byrd, 1929-

Biography:

Lawyer and civil rights activist, Brown served as the president of the Pittsburgh NAACP from 1958 to 1970 and was one of the founders of the United Negro Protest Committee and the Black Construction Coalition. He ran for mayor of Pittsburgh in 1989. Byrd Rowlette Brown died in Pittsburgh on May 3rd, 2001.

Associated Subjects:

Brown, Byrd, 1929-

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Byrd Brown, Reverend Jimmy Joe Robinson, and Mike Desmond leading protest march, with photographer Coles, police chief William Mugsy Moore, man in hardhat, and man standing on van in background

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1960/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at a press conference at the University of Pittsburgh with Charles Harris seated to the left of Dr. King, and Matthew Moore and Byrd Brown on right

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1961
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Group of protesters outside of U.S. Steel building, including Byrd Brown with sign reading "NAACP PGH Branch," and Judge Henry Smith with sign reading "US Steel still has segregated facilities in 1966"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1966
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Group of protesters with signs reading "Down with Tokenism," "We protest discriminatory seniority units at US Steel" and "McKeesport UNPC," in front of Union Trust building, including James McCoy, Matthew Moore, Sr., Vince Matthews, Dr. Charles Greenlee, Rev. Donald McIlvaine, Charles Kendall, Charles Michaels, Mike Desmond, and Byrd Brown

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1966
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Men protesting, possibly including Byrd Brown third from left, possibly outside of Woolworth's, carrying sign reading "The Battle for Civil Rights is not only a Negro Problem, but the Concern of all Good Americans"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1950/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Mike Desmond, Rev. Jimmy Joe Robinson, Nate Smith, and Byrd Brown, leading protest march, with protesters including Vince Roots Wilson and Dr. Norman Johnson, police, and James Swampman Williams in hardhat, standing on street with St. Benedict the Moor church in background

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1960/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art