Naomi Sims with Dr. Herman Reed and Alfred Morris at a NEED annual dinner

ca. 1962-1978

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Naomi Sims with Dr. Herman Reed and Alfred Morris at a NEED annual dinner
  • Title
  • Naomi Sims with Dr. Herman Reed and Alfred Morris at a NEED annual dinner
  • Creator
  • Harris, Charles Teenie
  • Date
  • ca. 1962-1978
  • Identifier
  • 1996.69.117
  • Source Identifier
  • Carnegie Museum of Art 1996.69.117
  • Description
  • Supermodel Naomi Sims poses with Dr. Herman Reed and Alfred Morris at a NEED annual dinner in Pittsburgh. Sims attended Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh before moving to New York to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology. From there she launched a successful career as a fashion model 1967-1973, becoming the first black model to appear on the cover of national fashion, womens', and news publications. NEED was founded in 1963 as the Negro Educational Emergency Drive in order to raise funds to allow black high school students to attend college, and it continues to support higher education for African Americans today.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • African Americans--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Men--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Women--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Charities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Fashion models--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Sims, Naomi, 1949-.
    Reed, Dr. Herman.
    Negro Emergency Education Drive.
    Morris, Alfred.
    Group portraits--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Teenie Harris Photograph Collection, 1920-1970
  • Contributor
  • Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Collection
  • Teenie Harris Photographs
  • Rights Information
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  • Rights Holder
  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh