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Trotter, Joe W., and Jared N. Day. Race and Renaissance: African Americans in Pittsburgh Since World War II (University of Pittsburgh Press; 2010) 328 pages. Draws on journalism, oral histories, and other sources to study the city's black community, including its experience of the city's industrial decline and rebirth.
The Pittsburgh Triangles win the World TeamTennis Championship; The Bulletin newspaper founded. 1976 January 18: Pittsburgh Steelers win Super Bowl X; Dance Alloy troupe formed. The Pittsburgh Panthers football team claim their ninth national championship. 1977 Pittsburgh Triangles of World TeamTennis formally fold, as the Pennsylvania Keystones.
Pittsburgh (/ ˈ p ɪ t s b ɜːr ɡ / PITS-burg) is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.It is the second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the 68th-most populous city in the U.S., with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 census.
The culture of Pittsburgh stems from the city's long history as a center for cultural philanthropy, as well as its rich ethnic traditions.In the 19th and 20th centuries, wealthy businessmen such as Andrew Carnegie, Henry J. Heinz, Henry Clay Frick, and nonprofit organizations such as the Carnegie Foundation donated millions of dollars to create educational and cultural institutions.
In 2019, the city of Pittsburgh organized the "Pittsburgh's United States 250 Celebration", which will feature a Freedom train with Black and Gold colors, musical celebrations with the Pittsburgh Orchestra, and a major firework display at Fort Pitt in the city's downtown area, with an all-day live parade through all city neighborhoods.
History of the Pittsburgh Pirates; Pittsburgh A to Z; Pittsburgh Agreement; Pittsburgh and Butler Street Railway; Pittsburgh coal seam; Pittsburgh crime family; Pittsburgh flood of 1936; Pittsburgh gasometer explosion; Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway; Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation; Pittsburgh Mayoral Chief of ...
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The thirty-fourth annual Pittsburgh Folk Festival, the first under the leadership of Carole Cubelic, was held from May 25 to 27, 1989. "I came to Pittsburgh in 1992. And when I married my late husband, I married this festival," she said when interviewed by The Pittsburgh Press the day before the festival's Memorial Day weekend opening. The ...