African Americans In Pittsburgh
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African Americans In Pittsburgh
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Author : John M. Brewer Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2012-09-18
African Americans In Pittsburgh written by John M. Brewer Jr. and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-18 with History categories.
African Americans in Pittsburgh chronicles the distinct trends in this African American community. There was never one centralized neighborhood where a majority of the black population lived, and city schools were integrated until after desegregation laws were passed. Photographs captured by famed Pittsburgh photographer Charles "Teenie" Harris show the candid experiences of residents, including the achievements and celebrations of people struggling to put scraps of food on the table.
Race And Renaissance
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Author : Joseph William Trotter Jr.
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2010-06-27
Race And Renaissance written by Joseph William Trotter Jr. and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-27 with History categories.
African Americans from Pittsburgh have a long and distinctive history of contributions to the cultural, political, and social evolution of the United States. From jazz legend Earl Fatha Hines to playwright August Wilson, from labor protests in the 1950s to the Black Power movement of the late 1960s, Pittsburgh has been a force for change in American race and class relations. Race and Renaissance presents the first history of African American life in Pittsburgh after World War II. It examines the origins and significance of the second Great Migration, the persistence of Jim Crow into the postwar years, the second ghetto, the contemporary urban crisis, the civil rights and Black Power movements, and the Million Man and Million Woman marches, among other topics. In recreating this period, Trotter and Day draw not only from newspaper articles and other primary and secondary sources, but also from oral histories. These include interviews with African Americans who lived in Pittsburgh during the postwar era, which reveal firsthand accounts of what life was truly like during this transformative epoch. Race and Renaissance illuminates how Pittsburgh's African Americans arrived at their present moment in history. It also links movements for change to larger global issues: civil rights with the Vietnam War; affirmative action with the movement against South African apartheid. As such, the study draws on both sociology and urban studies to deepen our understanding of the lives of urban blacks.
Pittsburgh And The Urban League Movement
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Author : Joe William TrotterJr.
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2020-11-02
Pittsburgh And The Urban League Movement written by Joe William TrotterJr. and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-02 with History categories.
During the Great Migration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became a mecca for African Americans seeking better job opportunities, wages, and living conditions. The city's thriving economy and vibrant social and cultural scenes inspired dreams of prosperity and a new start, but this urban haven was not free of discrimination and despair. In the face of injustice, activists formed the Urban League of Pittsburgh (ULP) in 1918 to combat prejudice and support the city's growing African American population. In this broad-ranging history, Joe William Trotter Jr. uses this noteworthy branch of the National Urban League to provide new insights into an organization that has often faced criticism for its social programs' deep class and gender limitations. Surveying issues including housing, healthcare, and occupational mobility, Trotter underscores how the ULP—often in concert with the Urban League's national headquarters—bridged social divisions to improve the lives of black citizens of every class. He also sheds new light on the branch's nonviolent direct-action campaigns and places these powerful grassroots operations within the context of the modern Black Freedom Movement. The impact of the National Urban League is a hotly debated topic in African American social and political history. Trotter's study provides valuable new insights that demonstrate how the organization has relieved massive suffering and racial inequality in US cities for more than a century.
Hill District Renaissance Of Memories Of African Americans In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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Author : Gloria Fuller Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Hill District Renaissance Of Memories Of African Americans In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania written by Gloria Fuller Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with categories.
African Americans In Pittsburgh
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Author : Joe W. Trotter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
African Americans In Pittsburgh written by Joe W. Trotter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with African Americans categories.
Making Their Own Way
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Author : Peter Gottlieb
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1997
Making Their Own Way written by Peter Gottlieb and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
"A model study, one of two or three genuinely indispensable books on that momentous movement historians know as the Great Migration. Peter Gottlieb shatters the received portrait of southern migrants as bewildered, premodern folk, 'utterly unprepared' for the complexities of urban life. African Americans in his account emerge as complex, creative agents, exploiting old solidarities and building new ones, transforming the urban landscape even as it transformed them." -- James Campbell, Northwestern University "Engagingly written and well organized. . . . A major addition to the fields of Afro-American, urban, and working-class history." -- Howard N. Rabinowitz, Georgia Historical Quarterly "Gottlieb uses oral histories, corporate records, and primary and secondary scholarship to present a useful picture of an important part of the Great Migration that followed World War I." -- George Lipsitz, Choice "Sensitive and yet also incisive. . . . clear and often compelling. An outstanding study." -- James R. Barrett, Journal of American Ethnic History Publication of this work was supported in part by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
The Wpa History Of The Negro In Pittsburgh
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Author : Laurence Glasco
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2012-07-19
The Wpa History Of The Negro In Pittsburgh written by Laurence Glasco and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-19 with History categories.
The monumental American Guide Series, published by the Federal Writers’ Project, provided work to thousands of unemployed writers, editors, and researchers in the midst of the Great Depression. Funded by the Works Progress Administration and featuring books on states, cities, rivers, and ethnic groups, it also opened an unprecedented view into the lives of the American people during this time. Untold numbers of projects in progress were lost when the program was abruptly shut down by a hostile Congress in 1939. One of those, “The Negro in Pittsburgh,” lay dormant in the Pennsylvania State Library until it was microfilmed in 1970. The WPA History of the Negro in Pittsburgh marked the first publication of this rich body of information. This unique historical study of the city’s Black population, although never completed, features articles on civil rights, social class, lifestyle, culture, folklore, and institutions from colonial times through the 1930s. Editor Laurence A. Glasco’s introduction and robust bibliography contextualizes the articles and offers a history on the manuscript itself, guiding contemporary readers through this remarkable work.
Pittsburgh And The Urban League Movement
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Author : Joe William Trotter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Pittsburgh And The Urban League Movement written by Joe William Trotter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with African Americans categories.
During the Great Migration, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became a mecca for African Americans seeking better job opportunities, wages, and living conditions. The city's thriving economy and vibrant social and cultural scenes inspired dreams of prosperity and a new start, but this urban haven was not free of discrimination and despair. In the face of injustice, activists formed the Urban League of Pittsburgh (ULP) in 1918 to combat prejudice and support the city's growing African American population. In this broad-ranging history, Joe William Trotter Jr uses this noteworthy branch of the National Urban League to provide new insights into an organization that has often faced criticism for its social programmes' deep class and gender limitations.
Canaan Dim And Far
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Author : Adam Lee Cilli
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2021-03
Canaan Dim And Far written by Adam Lee Cilli and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03 with History categories.
Canaan, Dim and Far argues for the importance of Pittsburgh as a case study in analyzing African American civil rights and political advocacy in an urban setting. Focusing on the period from the Progressive Era to the end of World War II, this book spotlights neglected aspects of middle-class Black activism in the decades preceding the civil rights movement. It features a revolving cast of social workers, medical professionals, journalists, scholars, and lawyers whose social justice efforts included but also extended past racial uplift ideology and respectability politics. Adam Lee Cilli shows how these Black reformers experimented with a variety of strategies as they moved fluidly across ideologies and political alliances to find practical solutions to profound inequities. In the period under study, they developed crucial social safety supports in Black communities that buffered southern migrants against the physical, civil, and legal impositions of northern Jim Crow; they waged comprehensive campaigns against anti-Black stereotypes; and they built inroads into the industrial labor movement that accelerated Black inclusion. Committed to an expansive vision of economic and political citizenship, Pittsburgh’s activists challenged white America to face its contradictions and to live up to its democratic ideals.
Lives Of Their Own
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Author : John E. Bodnar
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1983
Lives Of Their Own written by John E. Bodnar and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
Lives of Their Own depicts the strikingly different lives of black, Italian, and Polish immigrants in Pittsburgh. Within a comparative framework, the book focuses on the migration process itself, job procurement, and occupational mobility, family structure, home-ownership, and neighborhood institutions. By blending oral histories with quantitative data, the authors have created a convincing multilayered portrait of working-class life in one of our great industrial cities.