Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998 Search this
Flash Newspicture Magazine, American, 1937 - 1939 Search this
Pittsburgh Courier, American, 1907 - 1965 Search this
Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
Duration (2016.129.11.1a): 59.63 min.
Duration (2016.129.11.2a): 59.77 min.
99.64 GB
Type:
video recordings
oral histories
digital media - born digital
Place collected:
Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Place depicted:
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
August 2, 2016
Description:
The oral history consists of 2016.129.11.1a and 2016.129.11.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
Charles A. Harris was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. The Harris family donated a camera, two magazines, an award, and several photographs to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In this oral history interview, Charles "T" Harris, Jr. talks in detail about his father, the photographer, Charles H. Harris. He describes his father’s work as a photographer for Flash Magazine, where he got his start, and for the Pittsburgh Courier. He also discusses his father’s involvement in the Negro League Baseball and with the professional African American basketball team.
