Smoketown [DAISY talking book] : the untold story of the other great black renaissance

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Title:

Author:

Whitaker, Mark, author.

Publication Date:

2018

Publication Information:

Toronto : CNIB, 2018.

Physical Description:

1 computer laser optical disc (13 hrs., 31 min.) : sd. ; 4 3/4 in.

ISBN:

9780616981160

Abstract:

Provides a portrait of Pittsburgh's black community and its vital additions to the story of black America. It depicts how Southern migrants were drawn to a steel-making city on a strategic river junction; how they were shaped by its schools and Gilded Age spirit of commerce; and how their world was destroyed by industrial decline and urban renewal. 2018.

General Note:

Digital audiobook in DAISY format.

Performers:

Prentice Onayemi.

Technical Details:

Digital to DAISY.

DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- History.

African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Intellectual life.

African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

African American athletes -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh.