Pittsburgh and the Urban League movement : a century of social service and activism / Joe William Trotter Jr.

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"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 f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trotter, Joe William, 1945- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2020]
Series:Civil rights and the struggle for Black equality in the twentieth century.
Subjects:
Urban League of Pittsburgh.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Societies, etc.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > Social conditions.
African Americans > Civil rights > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History.
Working class > Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh > History > 20th century.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Race relations > History.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) > Social conditions.
African Americans > Civil rights.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Societies, etc.
Race relations.
Social conditions.
Working class.
Pennsylvania > Pittsburgh.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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