History & Hope: Activist Phyllis Bennett discusses decades-long fight for racial equality Share Updated: 4:58 PM EST Feb 7, 2021 Jeremy Jenkins Share Updated: 4:58 PM EST Feb 7, 2021
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Show Transcript JEREMY: TELL US ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE GROWING UP IN THE 1950’S VERSUS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING TODAY. MS. BENNETT: WHEN I GREW UP IN THAT ERA, JUST BEING ABLE TO GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES WE COULDN’T GO TO SKATING RINKS. MATTER OF FACT, WHEN WE WANTED TO GO TO THE SKATING RINK, THE MAN SET IT ON FIRE SO THAT WE COULDN’T SKATE THERE. WE WANTED TO GO TO SWIMMING POOLS. THE SWIMMING POOLS WERE SEGREGATED, AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE COULD NOT GO TO SWIMMING POOLS, SO WE HAD TO INTEGRATED THE SKATING RINKS AND THE SWIMMING POOLS. INTEGRATE WE WERE CHILDREN, AND IT WAS NOT FAIR TO DENY US. JEREMY: WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE TREATED PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE YOU AND I IN SUCH A MANNER? MS. BENNETT: THEY WERE AFRAID. THEY WERE
Here are the events you need to know about this week in Pittsburgh, from the Save Our Stages online concert series to indoor gardening classes and more: February 8-11.
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Pittsburgh Shakespeare in the Parks is presenting “Love’s Labor’s Lost,” which will stream live for five performances Feb. 11-15. Tickets are available online at pittsburghshakespeare.org.
“Monday Night Magic: Live Online” will be held every Monday at 8 p.m. as a co-presentation with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Liberty Magic Series. “Monday Night Magic” is New York’s longest running off-Broadway magic show. Tickets for the livestream are $20, and can be purchased under the events tab at stellartickets.com.
Brownsville Free Public Library is carrying a new series, ID True Crime, a collaboration of Investigation Discovery and best-selling author James Patterson, written in conjunction with Andrew Bourelle. The first story is âMurder Thy Neighbor.â Call BFPL at 724-785-7272 to reserve a copy.