In Downtown Pittsburgh, Black people were everywhere. From the tribute to the late Afro-American Music Institute co-founder Dr. James T. Johnson Jr. on a...
MCKEESPORT NAACP JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE—APRIL JAMES, TAMELA WALKER, RONALD WALKER, JESSICA JOHNSON, ASHANTE KIRBY. PICTURED IN WHITE IS RACQUEL RIVERA.
THE MCKEESPORT NAACP COMMITTEE, AT ITS...
DEBORAH SMEDLEY AND CHERI YARBOUGH, AT THE HOMEWOOD HEALTHY ACTIVE LIVING CENTER’S JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, JUNE 17, ON FRANKSTOWN AVENUE. (PHOTO BY ROB TAYLOR JR.)
The...
NEICEY KING, NAY NAY GLOVER AND LATONYA WASHINGTON GIVING AWAY FREE CHICKEN AT THE WILKINSBURG JUNETEENTH EVENT, JUNE 19. (PHOTOS BY J.L. MARTELLO)
GEORGE SPRAGLEY DANCING...
by Bobby J. Smith II, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“Visiting Comanche Crossing on Juneteenth felt like freedom,” my father said as we pulled into Booker...
The New Pittsburgh Courier was there as members of Duquesne Light Company’s African American business employee resource group, called “BRIDGE,” on June 9, 2026,...
Racist depictions of Africa as a dark continent abound in history. Here US filmmakers pose with Africans in 1925. Osa & Martin Johnson Safari Mus./Getty...
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Check sent to POISE Foundation, Sept. 10
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned exclusively that the City of Pittsburgh Controller's Office sent a $125,000...
by Fawn Walker-Montgomery
For this column, I want to continue the conversation around Juneteenth. Specifically, passing it as a federal holiday as not enough. Last...
Keke Wyatt, with Brownstone, in Pittsburgh, June 15, 2024 (Photo by Gail Manker)
Keke Wyatt brought the house down with this performance at B. Marshall's...
