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Wendell L. Wray (January 30, 1926 – August 24, 2003) was an American librarian and educator who was dedicated to preserving African-American history through oral history. He was a professor at the University of Pittsburgh from 1973 to 1988, with a break from 1981 to 1983 while he served as the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in ...
The Aurora Reading Club of Pittsburgh was established in 1894 by six local women, and is one of America's oldest African American arts and cultural organizations. [1] Its initial purpose was to pursue “a systematic course of study in a manner to be decided by a majority of the membership and shall be for the mutual improvement of the membership in literature, art, science and matters ...
In the 19th century, Pennsylvania saw a level of publishing that rivaled New York, with 14 African American periodicals in circulation from 1838 to 1906. [1] Pennsylvania's first African American newspaper was The Mystery , published in Pittsburgh by Martin Robison Delany from 1843 to 1847.
The Hill District is a grouping of historically African American neighborhoods in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Beginning in the years leading up to World War I, "the Hill" was the cultural center of black life in the city and a major center of jazz. [1]
According to Parry, "Negro History Week" began through the Association for the Study of African American History and Life, founded by scholar, teacher, and activist Carter G. Woodson in 1915.
The National Negro Opera Company (1941–1962) was the most successful African-American opera company in the United States. Although often mistakenly called the first due to its enormous successes, other African American opera companies (such as the Theodore Drury Opera Company ) predate the NNOC.
The three saw the club as the start of grassroots movement to establish a supported African-American art scene in Pittsburgh, and other artists soon joined. [1] The club expanded to over 20 members, changed their name to Group One and ran a community gallery in the Manchester neighborhood until there disbandment in 1964. [ 1 ]
Blockson in his office at home (1971) Charles Leroy Blockson (December 16, 1933 – June 14, 2023) was an American historian, author, bibliophile, and collector of books, historical documents, art, and other materials related to the history and culture of African Americans, continental Africans, and the African diaspora throughout the rest of the world.