Verkkopittsburgh has transformed itself from the steel city to western pennsylvaniaโ€™s hub of โ€œedsโ€ and โ€œmeds. โ€ but before that could happen, the city. Pittsburgh's renaissance festival is. Verkkofor a handful of decades in the middle of the 20th century, pittsburgh โ€” yes, pittsburgh โ€” was a nexus for the black renaissance.

Verkkothis collection contains oral history interviews documenting the pittsburgh renaissance from the viewpoint of pittsburghersโ€™ own lives and activities. Verkkohow did urban renewal, a controversial federal program, shape the postcard vision of pittsburgh's downtown and its neighborhoods?