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The Resource Smoketown : the untold story of the other great Black Renaissance, Mark Whitaker

Smoketown : the untold story of the other great Black Renaissance, Mark Whitaker

Creator
Summary
Chronicles the African American renaissance in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s, assessing how it rivaled Harlem and Chicago as a site of black culture and influence
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxi, 404 pages
Contents
  • The Brown Bomber's cornermen
  • The Negro Carnegies
  • The calculating crusader
  • The rise and fall of "Big Red"
  • Billy and Lena
  • The Double V warriors
  • The complex Mr. B
  • "Jackie's Boswell"
  • The women of "up south"
  • The bard of a broken world
Isbn
9781501122392
Instance
Label
Smoketown : the untold story of the other great Black Renaissance
Title
Smoketown
Title remainder
the untold story of the other great Black Renaissance
Statement of responsibility
Mark Whitaker
Title variation
Untold story of the other great Black Renaissance
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Chronicles the African American renaissance in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s, assessing how it rivaled Harlem and Chicago as a site of black culture and influence
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
PNX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Whitaker, Mark
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • African Americans
  • African American athletes
  • Jazz musicians
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)
  • African Americans
Label
Smoketown : the untold story of the other great Black Renaissance, Mark Whitaker
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-384) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Brown Bomber's cornermen -- The Negro Carnegies -- The calculating crusader -- The rise and fall of "Big Red" -- Billy and Lena -- The Double V warriors -- The complex Mr. B -- "Jackie's Boswell" -- The women of "up south" -- The bard of a broken world
Control code
on1019824707
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxi, 404 pages
Isbn
9781501122392
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Lccn
2017019428
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1019824707
Label
Smoketown : the untold story of the other great Black Renaissance, Mark Whitaker
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-384) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The Brown Bomber's cornermen -- The Negro Carnegies -- The calculating crusader -- The rise and fall of "Big Red" -- Billy and Lena -- The Double V warriors -- The complex Mr. B -- "Jackie's Boswell" -- The women of "up south" -- The bard of a broken world
Control code
on1019824707
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xxi, 404 pages
Isbn
9781501122392
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Lccn
2017019428
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1019824707

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