Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive: Interview with Alma Speed Fox

Audio Oct. 30, 2024
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Charles “Teenie” Harris, Alma Speed Fox, known as the "mother" of the civil rights movement in Pittsburgh, poses for her friend Charles "Teenie" Harris in her home in Homewood, 1965, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Heinz Family Fund, 2001.35.12023

Listen to Alma Speed Fox (1923–2022), former Executive Director of the Pittsburgh branch of the NAACP (1966– 1971), talk, with her husband Gerald Fox, about becoming a leader in local civil rights activism, and her vibrant social life. This interview was conducted and recorded by Charlene Foggie-Barnett and Kerin Shellenbarger on March 17, 2011.

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Excerpt 1: Moving to Pittsburgh and going to the Loendi Club

Excerpt 2: Getting involved in the United Negro Protest Committee

Excerpt 3: Protesting construction downtown

Excerpt 4: Becoming Executive Director of the Pittsburgh chapter of the NAACP

Excerpt 5: Her friendship with Charles “Teenie” Harris