"Being Black in the Burgh"
How is it for you as an African-American growing up in the Burgh?  Have you experienced much racism here?  Do you often think of moving down south to cities like Charlotte or Atlanta for better job opportunities.  We would like to know how you feel about being Black in the Burgh.  Tell us your story and it post it in this section!
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Soulful Pittsburgh in the News

House in North Point Breeze changed couple's mind about leaving the city 

 
Amye and Chris Sledge and their children, Jayce, 16 months, Jordyn, 9, and Erica, 14, enjoy the restored dining room in their 1891 Victorian house in North Point Breeze. (Matt Freed, Post-Gazette photos)

 

County Race Barriers Fade (2000 Censusu Report)
After decades of entrenched racial segregation, Allegheny County neighborhoods made greater strides toward integration in the past decade than ever before, a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review analysis shows.

Group hopes to lure more black professionals to area
Thursday, September 19, 2002 - By Donald I. Hammonds, Post-Gazette Staff Writer

Health conditions and problems of African Americans in Allegheny County
Three final "Black Papers" written the University of Pittsburgh for the Urban League of Pittsburgh. These papers analyze current health conditions and problems of African Americans in Allegheny County and suggest some local policies and programs for improving conditions and alleviating problems.

2000 Socio-Economic Data and Rankings for City of Pgh Neighborhoods and Allegheny County Municipalities
Compiled by University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh

In Allegheny County and across the United States, doctors and researchers puzzle over the stubbornly high rate of black infant death
By Deborah Mendenhall - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Tuesday, May 07, 2002 The federal Healthy Start program that kicked off in Pittsburgh 10 years ago, hasn't yet reached its noble goal of reducing infant deaths by half.

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