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New Life in a Time of Protest and Heartache
Tameka Cage Conley on motherhood, the death of Michael Brown, and the fear when parenting a black child in America.
Charles “Teenie” Harris, Doris Clark (Moody) seated on Buick with steel mill in background, Clairton, ca. 1945
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The Missing Made Visible: In the Footsteps of Teenie Harris
Poet Yona Harvey reflects on photographer Teenie Harris and the civil rights movement in Pittsburgh.
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Beyond Urban Renewal: Fighting for the Future of the Hill District
There’s a spirit of resilience that runs through the streets of the Hill District. A hardness that outsiders shy away from but residents embrace.
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View from the Hill: A Tale of Black Pittsburgh’s Complicated Legacy
The story of how the Fifth Avenue School Lofts came to exist is a complicated one that I will attempt to simplify. It is also contentious.
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Teenie Harris: The Lens That Rescued the Legacy
Iconic Pittsburgh Courier photographer Charles “Teenie” Harris rescued the broken oral tradition of our African ancestors.
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The Chronicle of Alma Speed Fox
When I agreed to write this essay, I knew it had to center around a conversation with Alma Speed Fox.
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Halloween in 1940s Pittsburgh through the Lens of Teenie Harris
A look back at Charles "Teenie" Harris's iconic photograph of a Halloween party at Bedford Dwellings on October 31, 1941.
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Kings on the Hill: Rise of the Pittsburgh Crawfords
One of the greatest baseball clubs of all time began as a group of neighborhoods kids in Pittsburgh playing ball on the sandlots of the Hill District.