Honoring Juneteenth in the Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive

To honor Juneteenth, we follow the directive of historian Mitch Kachun, who considers that celebrations of the ending of enslavement of African Americans have three goals: “To celebrate, to educate, and to agitate.” Together, we will look at and talk about a curated selection of photographs by Charles “Teenie” Harris that will generate shared language of the ongoing imagination necessary in the living struggle for freedom. Free with museum admission! Learn more: https://carnegieart.org/.../honoring-juneteenth-in-the.../ Image Caption: Charles “Teenie” Harris, Mrs. Catherine Mackey (center), director of the Senior Citizens Program at Bedford Dwellings, and Mrs. Isabella Reed (right) look on as Mrs. Irene Murray displays an intricate crazy quilt completed two years after the Civil War by Mrs. Helen Williams, a former slave. When Mrs. Williams died in Pittsburgh, she willed the quilt to Mrs. Murray. It contains every type of embroidery stitch and is made of rich silks, velvets and brocades, 1961, Carnegie Museum of Art, Heinz Family Fund