Smith, Henry

Authoritative Name:

Smith, Henry

Biography:

Long active in the NAACP, he chaired the Pittsburgh Branch's Legal Redress Committee when it sued the City of Pittsburgh to integrate the Highland Park swimming pool in 1951. Elected to the Court of Common Pleas in 1968. -- Urban League of Pittsburgh WWW site.

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9 items in 2 collections (expand all)

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

Members of the Greater Pittsburgh Improvement League and NAACP, including Judge Henry Smith to the right wearing a trench coat, and Louis "Hop" Kendrick, gathered in and around a truck parked outside of the Civic Arena with large sign reading "Wake up Negroes, Democrats allow these conditions to exist"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1961/1965
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

Protesters, including Robert Lavelle and Judge Henry Smith in center, wearing and carrying small banners reading "Let's March," marching on street in downtown Pittsburgh

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

King--February-March 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 3)

Creator:: King, Mary E., 1940-
Date of Original:: 1964-02
1964-03
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 1)

Creator:: Lynd, Staughton
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2)

Creator:: Lynd, Staughton
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 3)

Creator:: Lynd, Staughton
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Montgomery--Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 1, Segment 17)

Creator:: Montgomery, Lucile
Date of Original:: 1964/1966
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

SEDFRE--Press Releases 1963-1966 (CORE) (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 31, Folder 16)Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 31 Folder 16

Creator:: Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality
Date of Original:: 1963/1966
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society