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Subject African Americans--Civil rights--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh

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1. Alberta Jordan Reaves protesting in front of Isaly's, carrying sign reading "Isaly's discriminate against Negroes by refusing to hire them as counter clerks"

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

2. Boy holding sign "Give to all, all at once, jobs" and standing in front of Civic Arena

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1960/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

3. 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

4. CORE sponsored protest outside Civic Arena, with four picketers carrying placards with portraits, and protesters 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

5. CORE sponsored protest outside Civic Arena, with picketers carrying placards with portraits and slogans reading "We Shall Not Be Moved," "Too Many Murders," "Freedom Now" and "Don't Vote Hate"

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

6. CORE sponsored protest outside Civic Arena, with picketers carrying placards with portraits and slogans reading "We Shall Not Be Moved," "Too Many Murders," "Freedom Now" and "Don't Vote Hate," another scene

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

7. CORE sponsored protest outside Civic Arena, with picketers carrying placards with portraits and slogans reading "We Shall Not Be Moved," "Too Many Murders," "Freedom Now" and "Don't Vote Hate," another scene

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

8. Crowd, including Greta Richardson fourth from the right, holding signs "Andy Jackson need not have died" and "Detour, Speedway closed for lack of lights and police protection," blocking traffic in street

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1950/1965
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

9. Demonstrators in front of Anthony Payne's Honey Dew Cafe with sandwich boards reading "The Non-buying campaign against the Duquesne Brewing Company is over, Thanks"

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

10. 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

11. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at press conference at the University of Pittsburgh

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

12. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on small stage addressing crowd of men

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

13. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., press conference at University of Pittsburgh, with Loren Mann in background

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

14. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., shaking hands with man, possibly Jim McCoy, with Mike Desmond on his right, surrounded by men and women, including Charles Harris and Matt Moore

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1960/1965
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

15. Ewari (Ed) Ellis, Nate Smith, Harvey Adams, possibly Richard Caliguiri, at ribbon cutting ceremony, with crowd in background

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1955/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

16. Exterior view of United States Steel building, with men protesting, including one wearing placard that reads, "We Protest Discriminatory Seniority Units at US Steel," with three women and two men looking on

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

17. Group of children protesting on a North Side hillside, holding signs reading "Don't take our school," "We want our small children to remain close to home," in background a billboard reading "Columbus Elementary School Board of Public Education Pittsburgh," and a Jendoco Construction Company sign

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1945/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

18. Group of men gathered around a sign reading "Police.. We need your protection... not your harassment, Garfield Teen Organization," on a residential street

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1970/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

19. Group of men, including police officers and one man holding protest sign reading "End Racial Discrimination," outside of Western Penitentiary

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

20. Group of protesters, including Dr. Harrison in the middle, Nathaniel Daniels in doorway, and Alberta Jordan Reaves in background, outside Isaly's with signs reading "Isaly's will not hire Negro counter clerks," and "Isaly's discriminate against Negroes"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1958
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

21. Group of school children crossing the street with two women protesting, holding signs, one reads "For 8 years there hasn't been a guard at this [corner], Why?"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1969
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

22. Group portrait in gymnasium of schoolchildren, some wearing badges with names of civil rights heros, others in uniform with FF insignia, in front of sign on wall "The Negro In America"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1950/1965
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

23. Jessie Vann holding Philadelphia edition of Pittsburgh Courier Newspaper with headline reading "Ban Jim Crow Army in Germany," in office with two women standing by

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1949
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

24. Julian Bond, politician, at press conference with reporter Eleanor Shano

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

25. Large crowd of protesters gathered at Centre Avenue and Crawford Street near the Civic Arena, with Connelley Trade School 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

26. Large crowd of protesters, including man on crutches, marching through downtown Pittsburgh

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

27. Large crowd on Wylie Avenue outside Central Baptist Church with banner reading "Hear Rev. Martin Luther King Sunday Morning August 31st...Cornell E. Talley, D.D., pastor"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1958
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

28. Large crowd standing in front of man, possibly K. Leroy Irvis, speaking into microphones, with minister and four men standing in background, and camera man on right

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

29. Long line of protesters walking during snowfall carrying placards that read, "We Protest Kutchman's Appointment," with Kay's Furniture and Areford Brother's Real Estate, street no. 62 in background

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1950/1965
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

30. Male and female students from Chatham College picketing Woolworth's, protesting discrimination at lunch counters

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

31. Man and two women examining documents at desk with large NEED [Negro Educational Emergency Drive] sign, another version

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

32. Man and woman examining documents at desk with large NEED [Negro Educational Emergency Drive] sign

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

33. Man and woman protesting outside of Woolworth's carrying sign reading "Students protest Woolworth's Racial Discrimination," possibly in East Liberty

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

34. Man protesting non-union labor in front of Freeman cleaners, street no. 7353, located between Ruth's Restaurant and Loar's Barber Shop

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1945/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

35. Man protesting non-union labor in front of Freeman cleaners, street no. 7353, located between Ruth's Restaurant and Loar's Barber Shop, another version

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1945/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

36. Man wearing suit and arm band reading, "Let's March," marching on street in downtown Pittsburgh, with protesters in background

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

37. Marchers demonstrating for International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination on street at Landleiss Street intersection

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1972
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

38. Matthew Moore and woman from Baptist Ministers Conference and UNPC protesting unfair employment practices on Sixth Avenue, Downtown

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1950/1965
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

39. 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

40. Men and women gathered in Pittsburgh City Council Chambers, protesting housing conditions in Hill District, with signs reading "Better Homes or Bigger Cemeteries," "From G.I. Latrines to Hill District out houses," and "From G.I. foxholes to Hill District rat holes"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1945/1960
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

41. Men and women gathered outside with sign "UNPC Registration Drive"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1950/1965
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

42. Men and women, including Bishop Charles Foggie, possibly with Marion Jordan, protesting for civil rights, with signs outside Woolworth's department store, downtown

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

43. Men and women including Harold Hayes second from left, C. DeLores Tucker, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with Duane Darkins and Reverend LeRoy Patrick, on right, at an NAACP Women's Auxiliary event at the William Pitt Union

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1970/1980
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

44. Men and women, including Johnny Grice, James McCoy, and Dorothy Williams, protesting in front of A. S. Beck Shoes with sign reading, "We Buy Where We Can Work," Albert's Hosiery store in background

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

45. Men and women, including musicians, protesting in front of Civic Arena, with picket signs that read, "The Soundness of Our Cause Should Prick Your Conscience"

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

46. Men and women, including Pauline McClure holding sign reading "Open the schools and let education go on" protesting in front of the Pittsburgh Board of Education building in Oakland

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1968
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

47. Men and women picketing in front of grocery store with signs that read, "Seek Honor, You'll Not Find That Here, Keep Moving"

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

48. Men and women protesting in front of Pittsburgh Board of Education building in Oakland, carrying signs reading "P.T.E.A. for Open Schools," and "Let Us Teach"

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