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JANUARY 29-FEBRUARY 4, 2020
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Remembering NBA legend Kobe Bryant
by Aubrey Bruce For New Pittsburgh Courier
Our experiences with life and death are quite often juxtaposed so that at times, it may be difficult
TEENIE’S LIVING CHILDREN—Crystal Pass, Lionel Harris and Cheryl Harris are the three living children of famed Courier photographer Charles H. “Teenie” Harris. They’re pictured in front of a photo of their late father, whose photos are currently on display at the Carnegie Museum of Art. (Photo by Rob Taylor Jr.)
New Teenie Harris Gallery opens at the Carnegie Museum of Art by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer
The year was either 1963 or 1964, and a young Lionel Harris was summoned by his iconic father to grab dad’s camera and take pictures at an African American fashion show being held on the Gateway Clipper. “And I really enjoyed it,” Harris said of the fashion show on the boat. “I just took picture after picture, but you know something? None of those pictures were like the pictures he
took. He had not only the eye for the pictures, but he had the mind for the pictures.” Lionel Harris was not alone. Nobody could take pictures like his father, Charles H. “Teenie” Harris. This article could go for ages if it described each of the 80,000 photos that comprise Teenie’s collection that spanned more than 40 years chronicling Black life in Pittsburgh, primarily from the 1930s to the 1970s, and primarily for the Pitts-
burgh Courier. The Carnegie Museum of Art, in Oakland, is the owner of Teenie’s archive collection, and on Saturday, Jan. 25, the museum officially opened the Teenie Harris Gallery and Exhibition. Museum staff selected about 30 of Teenie’s most prized photos to hang on the museum walls, and thousands more photos could be viewed via an interactive board that lets a person scroll SEE TEENIE A6
Learning the art of entrepreneurship early Black youth showcase their products at the ‘Youthpreneur Marketplace’
A 1996 PHOTO OF KOBE BRYANT and Courier sports columnist Aubrey Bruce, when Bryant played at the former Civic Arena at age 17. to distinguish one from the other. When that happens we have to endure worn out, tired and lazy phrases such as: “Here today, gone tomorrow”; “We have to take it one day at a time”; and “You never know what the sunrise is going to bring.” That final utterance was an original Aubrey Bruce expression based on the death of my father and mother.
I was doing on Jan. 26, 2020, when I was informed that famed NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, and his 13-year-old Daughter, Gianna, had died in a helicopter crash. Seven other people died due to the accident, as the helicopter crashed in Calabasas, Calif., not far from Los Angeles. Bryant and the rest of the passengers
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NIKO OLVERSON AND NAIR MILLER are two-thirds of the team that created “The Inn Crowd,” a local business that sells clothing for kids. the youngest person there or the only African American. Thus, the Youthpreneur Marketplace was created by Bates and her mother, Jasmine Dun-
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can, and was held at the Gallery on Penn in East Liberty, Sunday, Jan. 19. Adults and kids SEE ENTREPRENEURSHIP A4
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‘A win for the community’ by Rob Taylor Jr.
by Rob Taylor Jr. It’s a Sunday afternoon, and many youth are inside playing video games, on their smartphones, or playing outside if the temperature’s warm enough. But on this particular Sunday afternoon, this particular group of Black youth were doing something else—selling their products to the public. Yep, they’re youth entrepreneurs, making everything from notebooks with inspirational messages to bracelets with inspirational messages. Others are creating T-shirts for kids—and dogs. And some are creating lip puckers, holiday mugs and tote bags. Thirteen-year-old Jazmiere Bates, who has been selling T-shirts for kids, dogs and cats for about a year under the business name “Kin of Duncan,” wanted to create an event where youth similar to her could showcase their products. Oftentimes, if she was a vendor at an event, she’d be
I remember vividly where I was when my parents passed and where I was when Otis Redding and Roberto Clemente died. And I will forever remember where I was and what