African American Program - Heinz History Center
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African American Program - Heinz History Center
African American Program
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The African American Program at the Heinz History Center is dedicated to the preservation, dissemination, and interpretation of the life, history, and culture of Africans and African Americans in Western Pennsylvania.
This work is accomplished through research, artifact and archival collecting, consulting, educational programming, exhibitions, and public outreach. The emphasis of the African American Collection is to collect historically and culturally significant materials written, owned, generated by, created, used and/or related to African American people, living or deceased.
Advisory Council
In addition to the institutional operations, the African American Program has a council of dedicated community volunteers that assist with programming and serves as the History Center’s liaison to the African American community of Western Pennsylvania.
The African American Advisory Council is a volunteer group of scholars, educators, artists, executives, entrepreneurs, journalists, politicians, and retirees. The council works with History Center staff as a liaison to the African American community and supports programming, promotes collection development, and assists in the facilitation of various projects.
Terri Baltimore
Demetria Boccella
Nancy Travis Bolden
Marlene Bransom
Martha Conley
Brian Cook
Yolanda Covington-Ward
Elaine Effort
Evan Frazier
Larry Glasco
Lynne Hayes-Freeland
Robert Hill, Co-Chair
Dennis Hughes
Amos P. Lawson
Andrea Mahone, Co-Chair
Inez Miles
Ron Saunders
Kenneth F. Smith
William E. Strickland, Jr.
Marcia Michelle Sturdivant
Joe W. Trotter
On the Blog
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Celebrate African American History at the History Center
The James A. Dorsey Story
Rare Martin Delany Signed Document
Breaking Down Barriers: Paul Lawrence Peeler and the Pittsburgh Public Schools
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Contribute to the Collection
Learn more about donating materials to the African American Collection by contacting contact Samuel W Black, director of African American Programs, at 412-454-6391 or
[email protected]
.
Donate
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African American Program
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The African American Program at the Heinz History Center is dedicated to the preservation, dissemination, and interpretation of the life, history, and culture of Africans and African Americans in Western Pennsylvania.
This work is accomplished through research, artifact and archival collecting, consulting, educational programming, exhibitions, and public outreach. The emphasis of the African American Collection is to collect historically and culturally significant materials written, owned, generated by, created, used and/or related to African American people, living or deceased.
Advisory Council
In addition to the institutional operations, the African American Program has a council of dedicated community volunteers that assist with programming and serves as the History Center’s liaison to the African American community of Western Pennsylvania.
The African American Advisory Council is a volunteer group of scholars, educators, artists, executives, entrepreneurs, journalists, politicians, and retirees. The council works with History Center staff as a liaison to the African American community and supports programming, promotes collection development, and assists in the facilitation of various projects.
Terri Baltimore
Demetria Boccella
Nancy Travis Bolden
Marlene Bransom
Martha Conley
Brian Cook
Yolanda Covington-Ward
Elaine Effort
Evan Frazier
Larry Glasco
Lynne Hayes-Freeland
Robert Hill, Co-Chair
Dennis Hughes
Amos P. Lawson
Andrea Mahone, Co-Chair
Inez Miles
Ron Saunders
Kenneth F. Smith
William E. Strickland, Jr.
Marcia Michelle Sturdivant
Joe W. Trotter
On the Blog
View All Posts
Celebrate African American History at the History Center
The James A. Dorsey Story
Rare Martin Delany Signed Document
Breaking Down Barriers: Paul Lawrence Peeler and the Pittsburgh Public Schools
View All Posts
Contribute to the Collection
Learn more about donating materials to the African American Collection by contacting contact Samuel W Black, director of African American Programs, at 412-454-6391 or
[email protected]
.
Donate
Site Menu