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Photographic print of Boy Scouts with notepads on sidewalk
- Photograph by
- Charles "Teenie" Harris, American, 1908 - 1998
- Subject of
- Unidentified Child or Children
- Boy Scouts of America, American, founded 1910
- Date
- ca. 1945
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (sheet): 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
- H x W (image): 13 × 17 in. (33 × 43.2 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photograph of a group of Boy Scouts. The boys are standing and sitting on a sidewalk corner at the intersection of two streets. They all hold clip boards with unlined paper in their hands; most appear to be gazing intently across the street while others are more focused on their notes and/or drawings. The group is a racially mixed group of children. There are cars, buildings and a pair of unidentified people in the background of the photograph. The back of the photograph has an inscription of a number: [1104.01] and a photographer's stamp.
- Place depicted
- Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Amusements
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Communities
- Photography
- Race relations
- Urban life
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Charles A. Harris and Beatrice Harris in memory of Charles "Teenie" Harris
- Object number
- 2014.302.12
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles "Teenie" Harris Archive
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Charles Siler Oral History Interview
- Created by
- Civil Rights History Project, American, founded 2009
- Interview of
- Siler, Charles, American
- Interviewed by
- Cline, David P. Ph. D., American, born 1969
- Subject of
- Boy Scouts of America, American, founded 1910
- Southern University and A&M College, American, founded 1880
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
- Date
- May 10, 2013
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- Duration: 01:42:04
- Description
- The oral history consists of four digital files: 2011.174.86.1a, 2011.174.86.1b, 2011.174.86.1c, and 2011.174.86.1d.
- Charles Siler remembers his early life in Louisiana, including a penchant for drawing that began before the age of two, quitting the Boy Scouts when his troop made black Scouts walk behind the horses in a local parade, and picketing Louisiana's segregated State Library as a senior in high school. He was eventually expelled from Southern University because of his activism. He joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 1967, he was drafted and served in the military in the Vietnam War. He continued his civil rights advocacy as he took a variety of positions at cultural institutions and began a career as a cartoonist. The interview closes with Siler's reflections on identity and the process of learning from those who are ideologically different.
- LOC ID: afc2010039_crhp0086
- Place collected
- Dallas, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- Civil Rights History Project
- Classification
- Media Arts-Film and Video
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Type
- video recordings
- oral histories
- digital media - born digital
- Topic
- Activism
- American South
- Art
- Associations and institutions
- Children
- Civil rights
- Education
- HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)
- Identity
- Military
- Social reform
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in partnership with the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Object number
- 2011.174.86.1a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture and The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress