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We're showcasing our Black History Month stories throughout the entire month, all in one special.
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We're showcasing our Black History Month stories throughout the entire month, all in one special.
Looking at the two Negro League teams in the Pittsburgh area.
At one time, the Pittsburgh Courier was America's largest Black newspaper.
For Black History Month, we're featuring three locally-owned, Black-owned small businesses.
A closer look at the lift of Mary Lou Williams, of East Liberty, who is the first lady of the jazz keyboard.
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is Pittsburgh's oldest Black church and the first AME church west of the Alleghenies.
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is Pittsburgh's oldest Black church. Here's more about its history.
Jackie Ormes is a trailblazer in the world of comics.
Jackie Ormes was a trailblazer in the world of comic strips.
Adam W. McKinney is the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's first Black artistic director.
PTL's Mikey Hood visits the August Wilson African American Cultural Center to get a tour of the August Wilson: The Writer's Landscape exhibit.
The first permanent African American opera company was started right here in Pittsburgh by Mary Cardwell Dawson.
The first permanent African American opera company was started right here in Pittsburgh by Mary Cardwell-Dawson.
Years ago as a child, "Little Georgie" Benson used to play the ukulele at a corner drug store in the Hill District where he grew up.
Daisy Elizabeth Adams Lampkin was a civil rights leader and a women's suffragist.
Daisy Lampkin was a Civil Rights activist and leader of the Women's Suffragist Movement in Pittsburgh in 1915.
Multi-Grammy Award winning George Benson grew up right here in Pittsburgh.
A place that many considered to be "less than" ended up producing many amazing, successful people who've contributed much to the Pittsburgh community.
Pittsburgh's own Billy Strayhorn was a talented musician, composer, lyricist, and arranger.
August Wilson once said "The exact day I became a poet was April 1, 1965. That day I bought my first typewriter."
PTL's Celina Pompeani-Mathison is at the Heinz History Center with CEO Andy Masich who is telling us more about Pittsburgh's role in the Underground Railroad.
Charles 'Teenie' Harris was known as 'One Shot' because he usually only needed one take of any of his iconic subjects.
Doris Hilliard first began working in the Pittsburgh mayor's office in the early 1960s when she was just 17 years old.
Known as the 'First Lady of the Jazz Keyboard,' Mary Lou Williams grew up in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood.
Names like Josh Gibson, 'Cool Papa' Bell, and Satchel Paige were prominent in Pittsburgh during the 1930's.
