today black pittsburgh is known as the setting for august wilson’s haunting plays about noble but doomed working-class strivers. but this community once had an impact on american history that rivaled the far larger black worlds of harlem and chicago. , smoketown: the untold story of the other great black renaissance paints a captivating portrait of this unsung community and its impact on the worlds of sports, music, theater, journalism and politics. it takes readers on a rousing, revelatory journey—and offers a timely reminder that black history is not all bleak. ,
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