Displaying 1 of 1 2018 Format: Book Author: Whitaker, Mark, author. Title: Smoketown : the untold story of the other great Black Renaissance / by Mark Whitaker. Other Title: Untold story of the other great Black Renaissance Publisher, Date: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2018] Description: xxi, 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Cast of characters -- Map of Pittsburgh neighborhoods -- The Brown Bomber's cornermen -- The Negro Carnegies -- The calculating crusader -- The rise and fall of "Big Red" -- Billy and Lena -- The Double V warriors -- The complex Mr. B -- "Jackie's Boswell" -- The women of "up south" -- The bard of a broken world. Subjects: African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History. African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Intellectual life. African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Social conditions -- 20th century. African American athletes -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh. Jazz musicians -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh. African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Civilization. ISBN: 9781501122392 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1501122398 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781501122422 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) 1501122428 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) Control Number: 1664228 Local Availability (physical copies):1 (of 1) System Availability (physical copies):15 (of 15) Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Map It Large Cover Image Availability MARC Record Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
