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LITERARY SOURCES:

Austin, Charles E. Oral History Project. African American Jazz Preservation Society of
Pittsburgh. UE/Labor Archives, University of Pittsburgh. 1997.

Courlander, Harold. Ethnic Folkways Library Albums. New York: Folkways Records and Service Corporation.1956.

"Daisy Lampkin" Pamphlet published by Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
1993.

Dyer, Ervin and Monica Haynes. "Frank Bolden: Portrait of a News Warrior." National
Association of Black Journalists Journal. Spring 2003. p8-10.

Fine, Elizabeth C. Soulstepping: African American Step Shows. Chicago, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 2003.

Hamrick, Peggy. John Mealing Oral History. Birmingham Public Library Archives.

Levin, Steve. "Daisy Lampkin was a dynamo for change." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
. February 2, 1998. pA-10, continued on A-14.

Miller, Donald. "Frank E. Bolden: Pittsburgh Courier's city editor is a walking
encyclopedia of local black history." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Sunday April 27, 1997 obtained from Historical Society of Western PA.

Mock, Brentin. "Bolden the Beautiful." Pittsburgh City Paper. August 13-20, 2003. p23-
27

Rampersad, Arnold. Jackie Robinson: A Biography. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.

Rosenwald, Mike. "The BOLD(en) Story." Pitt Magazine. September 1999. vol 14 no.
3, p31-35.

Ruck, Rob. Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh Urbana and Chicago, University
of Illinois Press, 1993.

Sabur, Shakura A. "The Roots of African American Musician's Union Local 471 of the
American Federation of Musicians in the City of Pittsburgh: 1920-1966 and Beyond." UE/Labor Archives, University of Pittsburgh. 1997.

Senna, Carl. The Black Press and the Struggle for Civil Rights. New York: Franklin
Watts, 1993.

Simmons, Charles A.. The African-American Press: With Special Reference to Four
Newspapers, 1827-1965. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1998.


Thompson, Julius E.. The Black Press in Mississippi. Gainesville, Florida: University of
Florida Press, 1993.

Thompson, Robert Farris. Flash of the Spirit. New York: Vintage Press, 1983.

Tiérou, Alphonse. Dooplé: The Eternal Law of African Dance. Paris:Harwood Academic Publishers, 1989.

Tygiel, Jules. Baseballs Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and his Legacy. New York:
Oxford University Press, 1983.

Wolseley, Roland. The Black Press, U.S.A. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press,
1990.

 

INTERNET SOURCES:

"Alabama Men's Hall of Fame: Aurthur George Gaston." http://www.samford.edu/groups/amhf/id22.htm. 29 April 2002

http://www.archives.state.al.us/whatsnes/atroct2k3.html

(Assorted images):
http://www.lifeinwesternpa.org/intro.asp

(Assorted Images):
http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/info.asp

Devitt, James. “Steinhardt’s McIlwain Examines Death Rituals in New Book.” November 7, 2003.
http://www.nyu.edu/nyutoday/archives/17/04/PageOneStories/McIlwain.html April 30, 2004

Johnson-Elie, Tannette. “At life’s end, an important role to fulfill in the community.” August 14, 2002. http://www.jsonline.com/bym/biz2biz/aug02/66249.asp?format=print April 30, 2004

(Picture of Robert Vann): http://www.carnegielibrary.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/hill/hill_n103.html

(Picture of Jesse Lewis):
http://www.vanessadavisgriggs.com/scrapbki.htm

(Picture of Joe Dixon):
http://northbysouth.kenyon.edu/2000/Media/Kyle

(Picture of Emory Jackson):
http://www.ccom.ua.edu/dean/halloffame/jackson.html

(Picture of Wendell Smith):
http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/afas/smith_wendell.htm

(Emory Jackson Links/Source):
http://www.bplonline.org/Archives/collections/arts/jacksonemoryopapers.asp
http://www.ccom.ua.edu/dean/halloffame/jackson.html

(Picture and Information about Tina Pratt)
http://webcomposer.pace.edu/tpratt/

(Picture and Information about Bill T Jones)
http://www.billtjones.org

(Picture and Information on the Nicholas Brothers)
http://www.nicholsbrothers.com

(Wendell Smith Links/Source):
Source: http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/library/afas/smith_wendell.htm

(Oscar Adams Link/Source):
http://specialcollections.library.emory.edu/guides-aa-hist-culture.html

(Birmingham Reporter Links/Source):
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~south/archives/threads/fraternal.html
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=4616997885581

(Jacob Lawrence Great Migration Series print)
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/history/odonnell/w1010/edit/migration/migration.html

(Jacob Lawrence Great Migration Series print)http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lawrence_jacob.html

("Tennie" Harris prints)
http://webmail/redirect?http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/info.asp

(Picture of A.G. Gaston)
http://www.ebonyfigures.com/A_G_Gaston.htm

(History of Breakdancing)
http://www.creme-organization.nl/articles/history%20of%20breaking.htm


(Urban X)
http://www.spaceandculture.org/WhatisUrbanBriefFinal.pdf

 

INTERVIEWS:

Ms. Carolyn Baker. Personal interview. 3/17/04

Ms. Fern Bay. Personal interview. 3/18/04

Mr. Austin L. Brooks. 1/14/03

Mr. Floyd Coles and Ms. Karen Hurst. Personal interview. 3/19/04

Mr. Paul Gardner. Personal interview. 1/12/03

Mr. Howard Johnson, Sr. and Mrs. Odessa Johnson. Personal interview. 1/13/04

Mr. Howard Johnson, Sr. and Mr. Howard Johnson, Jr. Personal interview. 1/14/04

Ms. Karen West. Personal interview. 3/16/04

 
       
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