Pittsburgh and the Great Migration: Black Mobility and the Automobile

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May 6, 2023 - February 4, 2024 Pittsburgh and the Great Migration: Black Mobility and the Automobile Explore the effect of automobile ownership on Black lives during the first wave of the Great Migration (1916 to 1955) when two million African Americans left the South, seeking a better quality of life. Learn about strong Black communities thriving in Pittsburgh in this period, which attracted migrants from Alabama…