Race and Renaissance: African Americans in Pittsburgh since World War II

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 examine...