Abstract
For all the historical analysis of the hardships of the Great Depression of the 1930s, very little is focused on the life of African Americans in Pittsburgh. Outside of the Pittsburgh Courier and the volumes of studies on Jazz and Negro League baseball, the life experiences of African Americans are rarely a topic. The Heinz History Center recently published a book, Heart and Soul: The Remarkable Courtship and Marriage of Josh and Virginia Craft Rose based on the letters of a couple who attended the University of Pittsburgh in the 1930s. The story follows the relationship and marriage of Joshua R. Rose and Virginia Dupree Craft from their frst meeting in 1929 to Josh’s death in 1987 and offers insight into two people who impacted communities across the country.