
Join the seminars in February as we look into the complex web of African-American life in Pittsburgh from the late 19th century to the present. Please note: the February 19 session will meet in Memorial Parlor.
February 5
Audrey Thompson
Post Civil War South: Reconstruction, Political Participation, the Freedman’s Bureau, Sharecropping
February 12
Dr. Cynthia Bradley-King
Migration to the North: The Hill District – Social and Economic Progress
February 19
Judge Livingstone Johnson
The Civil Rights Movement: M.L. King’s Assassination; Urban Redevelopment
February 26
Rev. Eugene Blackwell
Jay Gilmer
Current Directions: The House of Manna; Pittsburgh Initiative to Reduce Crime