Abstract
In August and September 1969, the Civil Rights Movement coalesced in Pittsburgh around the fight for employment in the numerous capital construction projects that did not employ African American men or women. That year, Pittsburgh had more than a dozen major construction projects changing the cityscape. Protests occurred at many of the iconic buildings we see today that were built with almost no African American workers.
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