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History8 min read

The Week Pittsburgh’s Grief Became Fire

After Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968, grief, anger, unrest and a later peace march transformed Pittsburgh’s Hill District in different ways across the same week.

2026-08-11

History19 min read

The Newspaper That Asked America Which Democracy It Was Fighting For

How one young Black defense worker wrote to the Pittsburgh Courier and helped turn World War II into two battles at once

2026-08-24

History4 min read

The Hill’s Three-Digit Dream

Pittsburgh’s numbers economy turned three digits into a private language of hope — including the August 5, 1930 hit on 805 that lore says broke neighborhood banks.

2026-06-18

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