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  • Banished from Johnstown

    Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania

    by Cody McDevitt ...
    This book examines one of the worst civil rights injustices in Pennsylvania history—the 1923 banishment of Black and Mexican residents from Johnstown.In response to the fatal shooting of four policemen in 1923, the mayor of Johnstown ordered every African American and Mexican immigrant who had lived in the city for less than seven years to leave. They were given less than a day to move or would ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pittsburgh Drinks

    A History of Cocktails, Nightlife & Bartending Tradition

    Pittsburgh's drinking culture is a story of its people: vibrant, hardworking and innovative. During Prohibition, the Hill District became a center of jazz, speakeasies and creative cocktails.In the following decades, a group of Cuban bartenders brought the nightlife of Havana to a robust café culture along Diamond Street. Disco clubs gripped the city in the 1970s, and a music-centered nightlife ... Read more

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    Banished from Johnstown

    Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania

    by Cody McDevitt ...
    Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 28 min

    Author and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history.In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor of Johnstown ordered every African American and Mexican immigrant who had lived in the city for less than seven years to leave. They were given less than a day to move or would face crippling fines or ... Read more

    $28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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