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1. Men protesting on sidewalk with signs reading "Small business prospers when we prosper," and "Don't let what happened in Philadelphia happen in Pittsburgh"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1930/1950
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

2. Woman protesting in snow wearing sandwich board reading, "Restaurant Workers in Kaufmann's On Strike"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1930/1950
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

3. Two women manning a booth for the Triple V [vim, vigor, and vitality] campaign, with women and girls surrounding them

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1935/1946
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

4. Men protesting with signs reading "United Steel Workers of America taking work from laborers, Unfair to General Labor, Local Union 178 affiliated with AFL CIO" outside Commonwealth Building

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1940/1975
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

5. People protesting in front of Commonwealth Savings and Loan building, 700 Grant Street, carrying signs, one reads "This is God's country, slum lords make it hell"

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1940/1970
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

6. Union picketer from Teamsters' Local 944 outside V. Stone Fruit Market next to Shupink's Jewelry, with man wearing apron adjusting produce display in background

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1940/1950
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

7. Woman with costumed child in front of sign reading "Achievements of the Negro" in front of a curtain

Creator:: Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:: 1940/1950
Collection:: Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:: Carnegie Museum of Art

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Two women wearing signs reading "Employees on strike for better wages and working conditions, hotel & restaurant employees alliance local 237" protesting in front of brick building with coffee shop sign and taxi cab stand

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

13. 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

14. Men protesting swimming pool segregation on Grant Street sidewalk with signs reading "We want democracy at Highland Park Pool, Mayor Lawrence, what do you want?" and "We fought together, why can't we swim together"

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. Men and women protesting in front of William S. Moorehead Federal Building, with signs that read, "Less Talk, More Jobs For Negroes"

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. Men and women protesting with signs "To Heaven with Mrs. Amos" and "We don't like rats either" outside Pittsburgh Board of Education building, Oakland

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

34. Men protesting on sidewalk outside of Shapero's, including two men in center wearing hats and overcoats, some carrying signs reading "Bedfellows make strange politics" and "Wallace & King...", downtown

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

35. 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

36. Men with protest signs reading "City Unfair to Employees" picketing on Grant 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

37. Men with protest signs reading "City Unfair to Employees" picketing on Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh, with billboards 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

38. NAACP Protesters in front of shoe store with signs about "Help Mr. K. in Washington, Hurt Mr. K in Moscow"

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

39. Protest against slum housing outside Commonwealth Savings and Loan Association, with sign reading "We're in this fight together: NAACP, Urban League, CASH"

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

40. Protesters including Baptist Temple Reverend J. A. Williams and woman with sandwich board reading "Protest - racial discrimination in employment breeds poverty, poverty breeds communism, this company has a discriminatory employment pattern, NAACP youth council"

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

41. Protesters, including Reverend Donald McIlvane, Reverend LeRoy Patrick, and Bishop Charles Foggie, marching in front of North Avenue Savings and Loan, street no. 812, Rittle Rosfeld Co. and Schwinn Bicycle

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

42. Protesters, including Reverend Jimmy Joe Robinson, Mugsy Moore and Bishop Charles Foggie, marching across the street from Wiemer Tire Company, with sign painted on building reading "North Avenue Savings & Loan Across the Street"

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

43. 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

44. Protesters in front of A & P Food Stores wearing sandwich boards that read, "Don't Buy at A & P Until They Hire Negro Cashiers"

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. Protesters inside courthouse carrying placards that read, "We Protest Kutchman's Appointment," with Clerk of County Courts, Civil Defense, and Air Raid Shelter signs 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

46. Protesters marching against racism and Wallace, one man holding an American flag, in front of Washington Plaza

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

47. Protesters marching in front Pittsburgh Board of Education Building on Bellefield Avenue

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. Protesters marching in front two story house, with placards reading "Slum Lords are Done For"

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