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Q&A with Joe William Trotter, Jr., author of Building the Black City
Nov 08 2024
In "Building the Black City," Joe William Trotter, Jr., traces the growth of Black cities and political power from the preindustrial era to the present.
Black History Makers & Risk Takers: Laborers
Feb 18 2020
In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a pioneering black intellectual and the son of former slaves, recognizing “the dearth of information on the accomplishments of blacks . . . founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, now called the Association for the Study of African American Li
Celebrating Joe William Trotter, Jr. at the Heinz History Center
Sep 23 2019
On Sept. 11 , 2019, the Smithsonian-affiliated Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA hosted Carnegie Mellon University professor Joe William Trotter, Jr. for a celebration of his new book Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.