{"product_id":"integrating-pittsburgh-sports-9781467152594","title":"Integrating Pittsburgh Sports","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteel City Sports as a Catalyst for Change \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Pittsburgh athletics had many of the same barriers to equality and racial discrimination as the rest of the nation for far too long, the city has celebrated some of the most important moments in the integration of sports in the country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePittsburgh was the only city with two Negro League teams, fielding such future Hall of Famers as Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Oscar Charleston and Satchel Paige. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocal high school basketball stars Chuck Cooper, Bill Nunn, Jr., Dick Ricketts, Maurice Stokes, and Jack Twyman held integrated pick-up games at local parks such as Mellon Park in Shadyside in the 1950s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn college football, Connellsville native Jimmy Joe Robinson became the first African American player on Pitt's football team in 1945 as the school continued to integreate its squad ahead of federal desegration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Association of Gentleman Pittsburgh Journalists present the compelling, heartbreaking and courageous history of how Pittsburgh's integration of sport helped lead the nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467152594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Association of Gentleman Pittsburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42520589238453,"sku":"9781467152594","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d0806116-e970-4a95-85d5-e852c6a8d251.jpg?v=1669130029","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/integrating-pittsburgh-sports-9781467152594","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}