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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 possibly took place in East Liberty. 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 | Sidewalks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Isaly's (Pittsburgh, Pa.) | Signs and signboards--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Women civil rights workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Civil rights workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Protest marches--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Civil rights movements--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | African American civil rights workers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Discrimination in employment--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Race discrimination--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Restaurants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | Discrimination in restaurants--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh | African Americans--Civil rights--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: 2001.35.3170 Identifier: Carnegie Museum of Art 2001.35.3170 Multimedia identifier: 5223.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=5223 |