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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

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Creator:Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Title: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
Date:1966
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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.

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Types:Black-and-white photographs
Subjects:Moore, Matthew | McCoy, James | Brown, Byrd, 1929- | McIlvane, Donald | Desmond, Mike | Greenlee, Charles | Matthews, Vince | Kendall, Charles | Michaels, Charles | Discrimination--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Discrimination in employment--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Race discrimination--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Picketing--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | African American men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Grant Street (Pittsburgh, Pa.) | Central business districts--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Signs and signboards--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Union Trust Building (Pittsburgh, Pa.) | United States Steel Corporation--Employees | Pittsburgh (Pa.) | Allegheny County (Pa.)
Collection:Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Institution:Carnegie Museum of Art
Contributors:Teenie Harris Archives (Carnegie Museum of Art) | Carnegie Museum of Art
Online Publisher:[Pittsburgh, Penn.] : Carnegie Museum of Art | 2006
Original Material:

black and white: Kodak safety film

Accession number: 2001.35.5867

Identifier: Carnegie Museum of Art 2001.35.5867

Multimedia identifier: 10400.jpg

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