Multicultural in Pittsburgh, PA

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Co-founder of Pittsburgh?s Black Horizon Theater and the author of a cycle of ten plays that have been hailed as a un...

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July 9, 1755, Gen. Braddock's British forces en route to capture Fort Duquesne were ambushed and routed by French and...

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Famed jazz composer & pianist. A child prodigy, she grew up in this city; went to Lincoln School here, 1919-23. Playe...

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A center of Black social life where musicians such as Art Blakey, Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane drew a racially mi...

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Renowned editor, abolitionist, Civil War nurse, advocate of women's rights and temperance. Also author of "Half a Cen...

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Outstanding as an NAACP organizer, Mrs. Lampkin was its National Field Secretary, 1935-47. President, Lucy Stone Civi...

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Name of a Delaware Indian village that covered this site from about 1731 to the French occupation, 1754. It was the A...

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Organized in 1908, this local was one of the first African American musicians unions in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh was ...

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Located here from 1932 to 1938, this was the first African American owned stadium in the Negro Leagues. Home of Gus G...

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Founded 1808 & known as the African Church. Chartered in 1818. Located nearby in early years, church was site of area...

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To the south, at Nash and Avery Streets, stood Avery College. Founded in 1849 by Charles Avery (1784-1858), Methodist...

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Born near here, dancer, choreographer, and teacher Martha Graham created a modern and unique movement style. In 1927,...

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Stood on this site. It was completed in 1792. Built to protect Pittsburgh against Indian attacks and to serve as a ch...

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Distinguished journalist, one of the first two African American accredited correspondents during WW II. He covered th...

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