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Black-owned Businesses in Pittsburgh
Take a journey through more than 200 years of the Black experience in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
One hundred sites of local, regional and national significance are represented in this first-ever tour guide of Black history in the region.
The goal of this guide of Black historic sites in the region is to inform the public about the extensive history and also to draw attention to the need for preservation and reuse of many of the sites featured.
Visitors to Pittsburgh, long-time natives and students are encouraged to use the guide above as a starting point to explore the rich depth and breadth of black history—from the Underground Railroad to the jazz era. This list is not designed to be exhaustive but to represent a cross section of sites with major significance to the development of the Pittsburgh region’s Black community.
The full list of sites is available on the Post-Gazette website (subscription required to access).
This project, compiled by the Young Preservationists Association of Pittsburgh, was supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.
Sites for this tour guide were determined based on whether the site fit into at least one of 10 historical themes and met at least one of five criteria, listed below.
Black-owned Businesses in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Celebrates Black History
Jazz Musicians from Pittsburgh
Make it a Weekend: A Pittsburgh Black-Owned Itinerary
Homewood: A Neighborhood Guide
Homewood is Home
Pittsburgh With a Mix of Culture & Flavor
Pittsburgh’s Barrel & Flow Fest
Honoring the Past, Building the Future