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| Creator: | Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998 |
| Title: | 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" |
| Date: | 1950-1970 |
| Description: | The protest was sponsored by the Greater Pittsburgh Improvement League, and it took place possibly in East Liberty. A woman in a polka dot dress is carrying a sign reading "Isaly's Dairy Stores are unfair to Negroes buy where you can work in every department." The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Black-and-white photographs |
| Subjects: | Reaves, Alberta Jordan | Picketing--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Civil rights workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Women civil rights workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Isaly's (Pittsburgh, Pa.) | Protest marches--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Signs and signboards--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Discrimination in employment--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Race discrimination--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Civil rights movements--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Boycotts--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | 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 |
| Original Material: | black and white: Kodak Safety Film Accession number: 2001.35.10720 Identifier: Carnegie Museum of Art 2001.35.10720 Multimedia identifier: 19659.jpg |
| Rights and Usage: | Rights information: http:/www.cmoa.org/collections/publications_choices.asp Ordering information: http://www.cmoa.org/collections/main_publications.asp |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.cmoa.org/searchcollections/Details.aspx?item=19659 |
