http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Our story of making the world a better place en Vox Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:08:11 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/my-tale-of-two-cities---coming-home-to-pittsburgh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/my-tale-of-two-cities---coming-home-to-pittsburgh.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/my-tale-of-two-cities---coming-home-to-pittsburgh.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:08:11 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/video/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810faecb000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810faecb000c-50si" alt="&quot;My Tale of Two Cities&quot; Pittsburgh Homecoming Trailer" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A part of “Pittsburgh’s Homecoming Weekend” celebrating the city’s 250th birthday, Pittsburghers everywhere are invited for a special Thanksgiving weekend red-carpet screening of “My Tale of Two Cities”, a funny and poignant “comeback” stor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/my-tale-of-two-cities---coming-home-to-pittsburgh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109814f734a000d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pittsburgh saved by the bell mr rogers pittsburgh penguins pittsburgh steelers franco harris st elmo's fire steeler nation pittsburgh movie curt kurlander http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/homestead-town---the-story-of-a-glory-boom-town.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/homestead-town---the-story-of-a-glory-boom-town.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/homestead-town---the-story-of-a-glory-boom-town.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:50:59 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/video/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109814aaf9b000d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109814aaf9b000d-50si" alt="Homestead Town" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b0ce5000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b0ce5000c-50si" alt="Slide31" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010980b5e930000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010980b5e930000b-50si" alt="Homestead 1902" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109d0690415000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109d0690415000e-50si" alt="Homestead Open Hearth Ladle 1949" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109814ad06c000d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109814ad06c000d-50si" alt="Homestead Works 1950s" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109d068e74d000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109d068e74d000e-50si" alt="Mother Jones" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b113d000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b113d000c-50si" alt="Francis Perkins in Homestead 1933" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109d069092b000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109d069092b000e-50si" alt="Phil Murray -Steel Workers Organizing Committee" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b0fbd000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b0fbd000c-50si" alt="Homestead Before Mill Expansion" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010980b5e9a7000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010980b5e9a7000b-50si" alt="Homestead Steel Works" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b0cd5000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b0cd5000c-50si" alt="Homestead Leveled" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/audio/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010980b5ef71000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010980b5ef71000b-50si" alt="Joe Grushecky &amp; The Houserockers - American Babylon - 07 - Homestead" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b0ed6000c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810b0ed6000c-50si" alt="Homestead - Bost Building" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109814ace41000d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109814ace41000d-50si" alt="Henry Clay Frick" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109d0eaa189000f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109d0eaa189000f-50si" alt="Battle of Homestead - Pinkertons Barge" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010980b5e9f4000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010980b5e9f4000b-50si" alt="Homestead State Militia Entering 1892" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Homestead Town - By Mike Stout Homestead Town – The Story of a Glory Boom Town In the two decades since the Homestead Steels Works closed in 1986, a generation of Pittsburghers has grown up knowing little about the major events and that to... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/homestead-town---the-story-of-a-glory-boom-town.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0109810af04d000c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pittsburgh pittsburgh steelers homestead mother jones andrew carnegie steeler nation battle of homestead pittsburgh 250 pittsburgh history pa. henry clay frick homestead steel works u.s. steel http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/blood-on-the-rocks---13-killed-in-mckees-rocks.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/blood-on-the-rocks---13-killed-in-mckees-rocks.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/blood-on-the-rocks---13-killed-in-mckees-rocks.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 25 Oct 2008 13:30:49 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a55e290002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a55e290002-50si" alt="Pressed Steel Plant McKees Rocks" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b7a5f10005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b7a5f10005-50si" alt="Pressed Steel hopper Car" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a607000003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a607000003-50si" alt="Coal and Iron Police" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8066c77000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8066c77000e-50si" alt="1909 McKees Rocks Strikers" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8066c9b000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8066c9b000e-50si" alt="McKees Rocks Bread Lines" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a55e340002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a55e340002-50si" alt="McKees Rocks Strikers Funeral" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8066d31000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8066d31000e-50si" alt="Evicting Striking Worker Families from Homes" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a607980003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a607980003-50si" alt="Eugene V Debs" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/audio/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b7a5350005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b7a5350005-50si" alt="Mike Stout - The Point of Pittsburgh - 06 - Blood On the Rocks" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Blood on the Rocks Workers Unite Against "The Pit of Infamy" Our last blog about Crystal Eastman’s landmark book “Accidents and the Law” examined the dangerous working conditions of Pittsburgh area factories and mines that lead to the death of ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/blood-on-the-rocks---13-killed-in-mckees-rocks.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a55db80002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> iww worker safety the wobblies eugene v debs pittsburgh 250 pittsburgh history press steel car company the iron and coal police mckees rocks http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/youre-invited-to-celebrate-the-point-of-pittsburgh.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/youre-invited-to-celebrate-the-point-of-pittsburgh.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/youre-invited-to-celebrate-the-point-of-pittsburgh.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:08:33 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8053cc7000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8053cc7000e-50si" alt="PointofPittsburghEventFlyer1 small b" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Point of Pittsburgh Celebration Nov 21, 2008 7:30 PM Carnegie Lecture Hall 4400 Forbes Avenue (Oakland) Pittsburgh, Pa. Hear Pittsburgh celebrities tell the untold tales of Pittsburgh heroes in story and song in an event to benefit the Gr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/youre-invited-to-celebrate-the-point-of-pittsburgh.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a434b00002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pittsburgh event pittsburgh 250 pittsburgh history sally wiggens http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a80540de000e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a80540de000e.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a80540de000e.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:08:21 -0700 <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a80540de000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/americas-most-dangerous-woman---crystal-eastman.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/americas-most-dangerous-woman---crystal-eastman.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/americas-most-dangerous-woman---crystal-eastman.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:44:45 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a239370003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a239370003-50si" alt="Crystal Eastman" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a1941a0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a1941a0002-50si" alt="Pittsburgh Injured Workers from Work Accidents Book" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a23a210003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a23a210003-50si" alt="Work Accicents -Injured Pittsburgh Worker" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fae8e62e18000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fae8e62e18000b-50si" alt="Work Accidents Excerpt" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fae8e62d47000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fae8e62d47000b-50si" alt="Causes of workplace fatalities" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b3d84a0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b3d84a0005-50si" alt="Family with lost breadwinner" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a1947c0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a1947c0002-50si" alt="Injured Pittsburgh Worker and Family" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/audio/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b3da700005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b3da700005-50si" alt="Mike Stout - The Point of Pittsburgh - 07 - Crystal Eastman" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/video/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010981488071000d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e010981488071000d-50si" alt="Workplace Health and Safety History, to the 1920s" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Crystal Eastman America’s Most Dangerous Woman Pioneer of Worker Safety and Worker's Compensation At turn of the 20th century America’s fifth largest city, Pittsburgh was booming. It was the center of the growing steel and coal industries.... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/americas-most-dangerous-woman---crystal-eastman.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8029b91000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> crane employees osha brakeman workplace safety workers compensation blast furnace ingot mike stout crystal eastman plaintiff joseph stella allegheny county carnegie steel company the point of pittsburgh liability insurance pittsburgh 250 pittsburgh history worker deaths steel mills pittsburgh survey slav pennsylvania railroad company national tube company charles mccollestor http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/labor-leader-fannie-sellins-brutally-assassinated-in-brackenridge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/labor-leader-fannie-sellins-brutally-assassinated-in-brackenridge.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/labor-leader-fannie-sellins-brutally-assassinated-in-brackenridge.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:32:16 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969f6ae60002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969f6ae60002-50si" alt="Fannie Sellins" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b1ab1e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b1ab1e0005-50si" alt="Fannie Sellins Coroner&#39;s Photo" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8007342000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a8007342000e-50si" alt="Fannie Sellins Historical Marker" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/audio/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b1abe50005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6b1abe50005-50si" alt="Mike Stout - The Point of Pittsburgh - 09 - Fannie Sellins" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Fannie Sellins Angel of Mercy Fannie Sellins, a union organizer known as the “Angel of Mercy”: gave her freedom and life defending free speech, demanding the right to organize, and helping the poor struggling mining and steel families of West... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/labor-leader-fannie-sellins-brutally-assassinated-in-brackenridge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa96a012070003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> labor history fannie sellins labor hero pittsburgh 250 pittsburgh history new kensington http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/axe-wielding-women-storm-the-northside-cotton-mills.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/axe-wielding-women-storm-the-northside-cotton-mills.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/axe-wielding-women-storm-the-northside-cotton-mills.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:22:22 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fae8e18da0000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fae8e18da0000b-50si" alt="Cotton Workers" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a7fdfca3000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a7fdfca3000e-50si" alt="Cotton mill workers" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/audio/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a7fdfd6d000e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e0100a7fdfd6d000e-50si" alt="Mike Stout - The Point of Pittsburgh - 05 - When the Cotton Mill Women Rose" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> When the Cotton Mill Women Rose In the 1840’s cotton mills were the primary employers of Pittsburgh’s young women and children. Allegheny City, now the North Side, was the location of seven cotton mills employing thousands of women and childr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/axe-wielding-women-storm-the-northside-cotton-mills.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969d99b80003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> labor unions equal pay child labor laws pittsburgh history 40 hour work week womens right cotton mills http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/telling-the-story-of-pittsburgh-on-its-anniversary.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/telling-the-story-of-pittsburgh-on-its-anniversary.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/telling-the-story-of-pittsburgh-on-its-anniversary.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:45:31 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/video/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6ad7ac10005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fad6ad7ac10005-50si" alt="Happy Birthday to Pittsburgh - 250th Anniversary" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Point of Pittsburgh Blog To commemorate Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary, historian Charles McCollester’s new book on the history of Pittsburgh and singer-song writer Mike Stout’s latest CD about Pittsburgh heroes and are being jointly released... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/telling-the-story-of-pittsburgh-on-its-anniversary.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969b3fea0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> three rivers pittsburgh book pittsburgh video pittsburgh music http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/abolitionist-leader-martin-delany--renaissance-man.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Charles McCollester) http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/abolitionist-leader-martin-delany--renaissance-man.html?_c=feed-rss http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/abolitionist-leader-martin-delany--renaissance-man.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:04:46 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/photo/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969b11c70002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969b11c70002-50si" alt="Martin Delany" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/audio/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969be0cf0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969be0cf0003-50si" alt="Mike Stout - The Point of Pittsburgh - 04 - Martin Delany" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/video/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fae8e0aecb000b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fae8e0aecb000b-50si" alt="Charles Town and Martin Delany Pt. 1" /></a> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/video/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969c19860002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969c19860002-50si" alt="Charles Town and Martin Delany Pt. 2" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> One of Pittsburgh’s unsung heroes discussed in The Point of Pittsburgh is abolitionist Martin Delany a national leader who fought for the end of slavery and equal rights throughout his life as a physician, speaker, author, soldier, and judge. ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://thepointofpittsburgh.vox.com/library/post/abolitionist-leader-martin-delany--renaissance-man.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a0100a7f76bbb000e00fa969bb5e50003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> martin delany famous pittsburgher african american hero pittsburgh 250 pittsburgh history pittsburgh hero abolitionist africsn american leader