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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"

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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

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