Hance, William, 50
Handy, W. C., 324
Harding, Warren, 78–79, 81
Hardy, Thomas, 335
Hargrove, Hondon, 183
Harlem, 10, 13, 18, 20, 21, 22, 74, 136, 137, 138, 141, 144, 146, 147, 155, 195, 198, 201, 204, 205, 206, 207, 210
Courier bureau in, 22, 71, 181, 231, 238, 285–86, 289
Harlem Globetrotters, 111, 288
Harlem Renaissance, 71
Harleston, Edward Nathaniel, 49–50, 61–62
Harper’s, 313
Harrellsville, N.C., 55
Harrington, Ollie, 182
Harris, Charles “Teenie,” 94, 95, 100, 141
athletic talent of, 98–99
as Courier photographer, 193–94, 319
Harris, Joe and Duff, 250
Harris, Vic, 120
Harris, William “Woogie,” 93–95, 136, 137, 141, 193, 335
Hart, Moss, 310
Harvard Medical School, 41
Hawkins, Coleman, 203, 206
Hayes, Edgar, 204
Hayes, Stewart, 27
Hazelwood (neighborhood), xxiii, 307, 310, 322
Hearst, William Randolph, 49
“Heartbreak Hotel” (song), 220
Heinz, Henry J., 33–34
Point Breeze mansion of, 43
Henderson, Fletcher, 125, 203
Herron Avenue, iv
Highland Park (neighborhood), xxiii
Hill, Herman, 195
Hill, Teddy, 203, 205–6
Hill City Auditorium, 194
Hill District (neighborhood), ii, xvi, xxiii, 6, 23, 44, 46, 88, 93, 96, 116, 128, 204, 304, 338
Civic Arena project in, 314–21, 325, 326
failure to provide for displaced residents of, 318–19, 321
squalid living conditions in, 59, 67
Hillsborough, N.C., 125, 126
Hines, Earl “Fatha,” xv, 129, 192, 198–202, 208, 213, 214, 216, 224, 324, 335
jazz lessons of, 130–31
as musical prodigy, 129–30
at Schenley High School, 130, 131
Hines, Frank T., 277
Hines, James, 129, 130
Hitler, Adolf, 1, 2, 15, 19, 23, 159
Hocking River, 27
Hodges, Johnny, 146
Holiday, Billie, 138
Holloway, Wilbert, 170–71
Holmes, Martha, 216
Holy Ghost College (Duquesne University), 48–49
Homestead, Pa., 24, 29, 45, 119
steel mill at, 31, 35–36
Homestead Grays, xv, 48, 100–104, 110, 114–15, 244, 306, 335
Cum Posey as manager of, 49
Gibson with, 102–4, 120–21
Jackson as co-owner of, 119–20
night games played by, 100, 101–2
Homestead High School, 48
Homestead Strike, 35–37, 38
Homewood (neighborhood), xxiii, 3, 44, 126, 128, 322
Homewood AME Zion Church, 128
Homewood Cemetery, 166
Hoover, Herbert, 79, 81–82, 83
Hoover, J. Edgar, 1
in campaign against black press, 173, 174
Hopper, Clay, 251
Horne, Burke, 136
Horne, Corn Calhoun, 136
Horne, Edna Scrotton, 136–37, 138, 139
Horne, Edwin, 136
Horne, Edwin “Little Teddy,” 143, 149
Horne, Edwin “Teddy”, Jr., 136–37, 144, 150
Lena’s relationship with, 138, 139, 142, 144, 149
in move to Pittsburgh, 137
as racketeer, 96, 137–38
Horne, Erroll, 136
Horne, Frank, 136, 137
Horne, Irene, 137, 139
Horne, Lena, 122, 194
in Blackbirds of 1938, 142
Catlin and, 143, 144
with Charlie Barnet band, 148–49
childhood of, 137
children of, 140, 143, 149
Cotton Club job of, 138
Ellington’s affair with, 149
Joe Louis’s affair with, 149
Louis Jones’s marriage to, 139–44
in move to Los Angeles, 150
in Noble Sissle band, 138–39
pregnancies of, 140
Strayhorn’s arrangements for, 150–51
Strayhorn’s friendship with, 150–51
Teddy’s relationship with, 138, 139, 142, 144, 149
in The Duke is Tops, 141–42
“Hot Box” (song), 222
Hot Five band, 131
House of David (baseball team), 117
House of Representatives, U.S., Military Affairs Committee of, 156, 162
housing, segregation, 67–68, 323
Housing Act (1949), 316, 321
Howard Theatre (Washington, D.C.), 197, 198, 199, 210
Howard University, 48, 70, 182, 195, 198
Howe, Louis, 80
Howze, Sam, see Udin, Sala
Hubbard, Jesse, 90
Hubbell, Carl, 235
Hughes, Langston, 14, 310
Human Rights Commission, 225
Humphrey, Hubert, 280
Hunter, Nate, 112
Hunter High School for Girls (New York), 286
Hurok, Sol, 227–28
Hurricane Club (Pittsburgh nightclub), 325
“I Apologize” (song), 218, 219
Ickes, Harold, 86
“I’ll See You in C-U-B-A” (song), 130
“I’m in the Mood for Love” (song), 213
India, independence movement in, 188–89
Ink Spots, 221
Institute of Alabama, black pilots trained at, 176
Internal Revenue Service, 78
International League, 242, 253
Invisible Man (Ellison), 310
Iran, 185
Irvin, Walter Lee, 290–91
Italy, Ethiopia invaded by, 157–58
“I’ve Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good” (song), 148
“I Want to Talk About You” (song), 195
Jackson, Milt, 223
Jackson, Robert, 44
Jackson, Rufus “Sonnyman,” 119
Jacksonville, Fla., 251, 288–89
Jacobs, Mike, 8, 9, 11, 15–16, 21
Jamal, Ahmad, 228–29, 325
Jay McShann band, 206
Jazz at the Philharmonic, 223, 225
“Jelly, Jelly” (song), 200, 201, 210, 213
Jersey City Saints, 251
Jet, 220, 298
Jethroe, Sam, 239
Jewish War Veterans, 276
Jews, Louis and, 19
Jim Crow, see discrimination
Jinnah, Muhammad Ali, 188
Jitney (Wilson), 330, 332, 338, 339
jobs, blacks’ postwar losses of, 190–91
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Wilson), 333–34, 335
John Mann Street Chapel (Winchester), 26
Johnson, Budd, 198, 200, 201
Johnson, Jack, 7
Johnson, James C., 172
Johnson, James Weldon, Courier’s feud with, 72–74
Johnson, Jim A., 283–84
Johnson, Johnnie, 283–84
Johnson, Judy, 101, 102, 109, 111, 112, 117
Jones, Anna, 201
Jones, Eva DeBoe, 80
Jones, Gail, 140, 142, 144
Jones, Julia Bumry, 6, 12, 70–71, 83–84, 86, 97, 128, 154, 164, 271
Prattis’s relationship with, 155
stroke of, 172
Jones, LeRoi (Amiri Baraka), 328
Jones, Louis, 143, 265
Lena Horne’s marriage to, 139–44
Jones, “Papa Jo,” 204
Jones, Paul L., 315–16, 318
Jones, Quincy, 220, 223
Jones, Rachel Lovett, 46
Jones, Scipio Africanus, 65
Jordan, James, 321
Jordan, Louis, 172
Jordan, Ralph Burdette, 168
Jump for Joy (musical), 148, 150
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bsp; “Just Squeeze Me” (song), 148
Kansas City Monarchs, 100, 101–2, 104, 119, 243, 244
Robinson with, 233, 239, 241–42
Kaufmann, Edgar, 315
Kaufmann’s department store, 274
KDKA (radio station), 128, 131
King, Coretta Scott, 295, 299
King, Martin Luther, Jr.:
assassination of, 322
Cunningham and, 298–99
jailing of, 297–98
in Montgomery boycott, 295–96, 299–300
King, Robert, 315
King, Yolanda, 295
King Hedley II (Wilson), 338
Kinsey, Alfred, 290
Kirk, Andy, 206–7
Kittel, Frederick August “Fritz,” 304–5, 311
Kittel, Frederick August, Jr., see Wilson, August
Klein, Arthur, 276
Kline, Charles, 96–97
Knights of Pythias, 46, 86
Knights Templar, 46
Knox, Frank, 169, 235
Knox, Philander, 43
Koger, Ralph “Projoe,” 123–24, 147
Kraken, Jack, 4, 8
Krall, Diana, 223
Kreidler, Todd, 339
Ku Klux Klan, 160, 283
Kuller, Sid, 148
labor unions, 35–36
Lampkin, Daisy, 66, 68, 128, 282, 293
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 235
Landon, Alf, 160
Latrobe, Pa., 93
Laughlin, Thomas, 62
Lavagetto, Cookie, 266
Lavelle, Robert, 321
Lawrence, David, 80, 86, 160, 244, 288, 313–14, 318, 320
Lead Belly, 324
Leader House (Pittsburgh), 130
Ledo Road (Stilwell Road), 185–88, 189–90
Leonard, Buck, xv, 114, 115, 120, 121
Levy, Morris, 220, 221
Lewis, Ira, 71, 86, 164, 327
as Courier managing editor, 6
as Courier publisher, 168, 236–37, 279
as Courier’s business manager, 66, 69–70, 154–55, 159
Cum Posey’s eulogy delivered by, 244
death of, 281, 326
Lewis, John, 223
Lewis, John Henry, 114, 119, 121
Lewis, Lew, 142
Liberia, 181
Life, 216–18, 220–21
“Life Story of Joe Louis, The” (Courier series), 7
“Life Story of Martin Luther King, The” (Cunningham), 298–99
Lincoln, Abraham, 56, 78, 82
Lincoln University, 70
Lionel Hampton Orchestra, 221–22
Little, George, 128
Little, James Edward, 127–28
“Little Haiti” (neighborhood), 44
Little Troc (Los Angeles nightclub), 151
Loendi Big Five, 48
Loendi Club, 46, 50, 59, 61, 71, 74, 111, 128, 129, 141, 194, 317, 319, 325, 335
Lomax, Almena, 272
Long, Clyde, 285
Long Island University, 286
Look, 218
Los Angeles Tribune, 272
“Lotus Land” (Scott), 134
Louis, Joe, xxiv, 117, 121, 138, 154, 166, 215, 237, 326
Blackburn as trainer of, 4, 5–6, 9–10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20
in Braddock title fight, 15–18
in Carnera fight, 9–11, 20
Courier’s championing of, xv, 2, 4, 7–8, 9, 10, 14, 16–17, 18, 22, 154–55, 256
early matches of, 4–6, 7–8
first Pittsburgh visit of, 6–7
in first Schmeling fight, 13–15
Jacobs as promoter of, 9, 11
Lena Horne’s affair with, 149
marriage of Marva and, 155
and 1936 Pittsburgh flood benefit, 12
Nunn and, xv, 2–4, 5, 10, 14–15, 16, 22, 154, 256
personality of, 6, 9
in Schmeling rematch, 1–2, 19–21
Washington’s close relationship with, 13, 14, 17
Louis, Marva Trotter, 13, 18, 21, 155
Louisville, Ky., 253
Lower Hill (neighborhood), 84, 173, 204, 315, 317–19, 321, 323
Luce, Clare Boothe, 172
Luce, Henry, 217
Luckey, Lucinda, 29
Lunceford, Jimmie, 172
“Lush Life” (song), 135
lynchings, 29, 64–65, 73, 78–79, 160, 176, 177, 271, 273, 286
Lyons, Bonnie, 336
McAlpin Hotel (New York), 258, 260–61
MacArthur, Douglas, 189
McBean, Al, 326
McBride, Christian, 224
McCall, Willis, 291
McCarthy, Marvin, 116
McClelland, D. W., 12
McCullough, David, 280
McDuff, Jack, 325
McDuffie, Terry, 238
McGhee, Howard, 212
McKees Rocks, Pa., 94
McKelvey High School (Pittsburgh), 99
McKinley, William, 44, 56
McPhail, Lee, 259
McShann, Jay, 201–2
McVicker, Carl, 133–34
Mad Hatters, 135
Madison Square Garden, 9, 15, 16, 63
Malcolm X, 300
Maltin, Sam, 253–54
Manchester (neighborhood), xxiii
Manley, Abe and Effie, 113, 119
Marable, Fate, 129, 150
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Wilson), 330–31, 332, 339
Marine Coal Company, 37
Marines, U.S., blacks in, 176
Marsalis, Wynton, 340
Marshall, Thurgood:
Brown case and, 293
Cunningham’s friendship with, 292–93
Groveland Four case and, 290
Martin, Louis, 268
Martin, Pepper, 235
Massera, Charlie, 5
Mathewson, Christy, 116
Mathis, Johnny, 226
Matlock, Leroy, 112, 117
Medal of Honor, 169
Mellon, Andrew, 34, 79, 83, 312
Mellon, Connie, 312
Mellon, Richard Beatty, 312
Mellon, Richard King “R.K.,” 312–13
and Pittsburgh Renaissance, 313–14, 317
Mellon, Thomas, 34, 44, 312
Mellon National Bank, 312, 314
Memorial Athletic Field (Sanford), 248
Memphis Red Sox, 104–5
Mencken, H. L., 77, 157, 160–61
Messenger, The (journal), 74, 75
Methodist Episcopal Church, 26
Metronome, 216
MGM records, 214, 215, 216, 218
Middle Hill (neighborhood), ii, 305, 321, 323, 325
Milholland, Harry, 196
military, U.S., blacks in:
combat training of, 176
Courier stories on, 166–67, 173
Vann’s crusade for, 156, 161–62, 165
see also specific units
military, U.S., desegregation of, 281
Miller, Arthur, 334
Miller, Doris “Dorie,” 168–69, 176, 235
Miller, Emma Guffey, 80
Mills Brothers, 221
“Minertown” (neighborhood), 44
Minton, Henry, 205–6
Minton’s Playhouse (New York nightclub), 205–6
Mississippi River, 30
Mister Kelly’s (Chicago nightclub), 228
“Misty” (song), 226
Mitchell, Arthur, 177
Mitchell, James, 317
Modern Jazz Quartet, 223
Monk, Thelonius Sphere, 206, 207, 225
Monongahela House (Pittsburgh), 42, 78
Monongahela River, xiii, 12, 30
Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott in, 294–300, 301, 326
Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), 295–96
Monticello-Delany Rifles, 48
Montreal Royals, 233, 242–43, 247–54, 256–58
Moonlight Harbor Orchestra, 123, 124, 125
Moore family, 59
Morehouse College
, 298, 299
Moreland, Mantan, 141
Morgan, J. P., 58
Morris, Carl, 322
Motley, Constance Baker, 293
Mount Washington (neighborhood), xxiii, 45
Muchnick, Isadore, 239
Murphy, Joseph L., 275
Muslims, 188
Mussolini, Benito, 157
“My Little Brown Book” (song), 148
My Own Story (Robinson), 266
Mystery Mansion (Pittsburgh after-hours club), 135
Mystery, The (journal), 41, 49
Napoleon I, Emperor of France, 308–9
Nashville Elite Giants, 105
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 9, 72, 162, 171, 294, 301, 321
Courier’s feud with, 72–74
Legal Defense Fund of, 290, 293
National Association of Colored Women, 46–47
National Association of Negro Musicians, 134
National Association of Negro Women, 164
National Baptist Convention, 171
National Bar Association, 161
National League, 111, 244, 265
National Negro Opera Company, 135
National Negro Press Association, 236, 279
National Playwrights Conference, 330–31
Navarro, Fats, 212
Navy, U.S., expanded role of blacks in, 176
Navy Cross, 169
Negro Digest, 328
Negro Elks Clubs, 2, 171, 224, 299
“Negro in America, The” (Carnegie), 38
“Negroes of Pittsburgh, The” (Tucker), 38
Negro Leagues, xv, 238, 239, 263, 288, 335
all-star game of, 3
East-West League of, 104, 106–9
and integration of major leagues, 243–44, 245
see also specific teams
Negro National League, 110, 117, 254
Crawfords’ dominance of, 112–13
East-West Classic of, 2, 111–12, 115–16, 121
Grays’ dominance of, 120
Greenlee’s resignation from, 121
near-collapse of, 113
see also specific teams
Negro National Publishers Association (NNPA), 175, 176
Negro World Series, 109
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 188
Nelson, Stanley, 176
Nesbit, Evelyn, 63–64
Newark Eagles, 113, 119, 238, 265
New Deal, 121, 151, 164
New England Conservatory of Music, 299
New Pittsburgh Courier, 327
Newsweek, 182
New York Black Yankees, 89, 90, 101, 120
New York Cubans, 113, 117, 238
New York Daily Mirror, 236
New York Daily News, 243
New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, 332
New York Giants, 260
New York Herald Tribune, 262
New York Lincoln Giants, 103
New York Times, 182, 246, 298, 300
New York World Telegram, 246
New York Yankees, 259–60, 266
“Night in Tunisia, A” (song), 209, 212
92nd Infantry Division (Buffalo Soldiers), 91–92, 182, 183
93rd Infantry Division, 180, 184
99th Pursuit Squadron (Tuskagee Airmen), 181–82, 193
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