Hidden Gems: ETH 220 – History of the Pittsburgh Civil Rights Movement
Protestors march in a historic photograph from the civil rights movement.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere...whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
What were racial conditions like in the United States prior to 1960? Specifically, what was it like to be a Black citizen living in Pittsburgh at the time? Can you identify two groups that participated in the Pittsburgh Civil Rights Movement and name their leaders? What techniques were used by these groups to achieve equality? Which businesses and government agencies were targeted by the movement and why? How did the movement impact the areas of employment, education and public accommodations? Learn all this and more as you discover how ordinary Pittsburghers stepped up to root out injustice, knowing that "whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."