A review by melbotics
Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance by Mark Whitaker

informative

4.75

Informative, engaging & descriptive narrative, feels well researched. A look at Black history through the lens of the Pittsburgh Courier. The newspaper is the primary throughline, but since it covered national news, the scope of the book is quite broad at times - but it narrows back to the individuals running and working for the Courier, and the residents of the Hill District.

There are a few categories of topics. Sports, culture, politics. Sports are generally less interesting to me, but the stories were still compelling.