ABOUT THIS BOOK

The monumental American Guide Series, published by the Federal Writers’ Project, provided work to thousands of unemployed writers, editors, and researchers in the midst of the Great Depression. Featuring books on states, cities, rivers, and ethnic groups, it also opened an unprecedented view into the lives of the American people during this time. Untold numbers of projects in progress were lost when the program was abruptly shut down by a hostile Congress in 1939.

One of those, "The Negro in Pittsburgh," lay dormant in the Pennsylvania State Library until it was microfilmed in 1970. The WPA History of the Negro in Pittsburgh marks the first publication of this rich body of information. This unique historical study of the city’s black population features articles on civil rights, social class, lifestyle, culture, folklore, and institutions from colonial times through the 1930s.

REVIEWS

“Not only tells the history of African Americans in Pittsburgh from the colonial era through the 1930s, but also exqisitely captures the perspective of the period in which it was created.”
--Pennsylvania Heritage

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Contents
Acknowledgments	000
Introduction to the Published Volume	000
Original Table of Contents	000
Chapter 1: The Shadow of the Plantation	000
Chapter 2: The Negro on the Frontier	000
Chapter 3: The Early Community, 18041860
Chapter 4: Abolition Years	000
Chapter 5: Civil Rights	000
Chapter 6: The Negro Wage Worker	000
Chapter 7: Church, School and Press	000
Chapter 8: The Later Community	000
Chapter 12: Folkways	000
Chapter 13: Arts and Culture	000
Chapter 14: The People Speak	000
Appendix 1: Memorial of Pittsburgh's Free Citizens of Color, 1837	000
Appendix 2: Lewis Woodson's "Birthday Memorandum" of 1856	000
Appendix 3: Two Poems by George B. Vashon: "Vincent Ogé" and "A Life Day"	000
Appendix 4: Transcriptions of Selected Newspaper Items	000
Appendix 5: Bibliography	000
Appendix 6: Maps	000
Appendix 7: List of Microfilmed Materials	000
Index	000
*Note: Chapter numbers are not consecutive due to missing chapters in the original manuscript.




Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: African Americans Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History, African Americans Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Social conditions, African Americans Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Interviews, Pittsburgh (Pa, ) History, Pittsburgh (Pa, ) Race relations, Pittsburgh (Pa, ) Biography, African Americans Pennsylvania History

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