New Pittsburgh Courier; City Edition (July 09, 2008)
Author: Johnson, C Denise
Vol: 99, Issue: 28
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The body of his work consti-tutes arguably the largest and most complete photographic documentation of a minority community in the United States. The late Clarence Rolla Turner, a sociologist and historian of Black history, said [Charles Harris Jr.]' work constitutes "one of the most complete chronolo-gies of a black community in the United States."
Joyce Baucum, a fiber artist and AWC staff member, con-curs. "I like black and white photography and how it cap-tures. (Harris) pictures are like a running commentary of Pittsburgh's Black commu-nity."In celebration of Harris's 100th birthday, the August Wilson Center for African American Culture will display a portion of the Harris photo-graph collection at Gallery 209/9 through July 12, 2008. The photographs on display will be from "LOOKING FOR-WARD" and "Rhapsody in Black and White."Several Historic Shots by 'One Shot' Highlight Centennial
Someoiie did a great job of spreading the word about the centennial celebration of Charles "Teenie" Harris because on July 2, the August Wilson Center's Gallery 209/9...
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