About Not as it is written: Black Pittsburgh in voice and image

This exhibition depicts elements of race relations and the civil rights struggle in Pittsburgh, USA, by combining the spoken recollections of black Pittsburghers with historic photos from the world-class Charles ‘Teenie’ Harris archive held by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.

By using Pittsburgh as a case-study, this exhibition embodies one of the central messages of Dr King’s speech: that racism looms over our world and yet the thirst for freedom and dignity remains unquenchable.

The exhibition will run in parallel with the “Teenie Harris Photographs: In Their Own Voice” exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA which takes place 29 July 2017 – 28 February 2018.

Image: Charles “Teenie” Harris

American, 1908–1998
Large group of protesters Downtown with signs reading “Fight poverty, not Hanoi,” “SAV-CAP in the Hill,” and “LBJ where’s your support?” for demonstration against curtailment of anti-poverty program, January 1967
black and white: Kodak Safety Film
H: 4 in. x W: 5 in. (10.20 x 12.70 cm)
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh: Heinz Family Fund, 2001.35.6802
© Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive