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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
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When Ervin Dyer arrived in Pittsburgh more than 30 years ago as a reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he realized there were many stories left untold about the city’s Black communities. As he began to tell them, he quickly recognized the “spirit of independence” in communities like Hazelwood, East Liberty and the Hill District that pushed residents to fight for better lives.
For example, the Hill District, Pittsburgh’s oldest Black community, was once known as “Little Hayti,” to align itself with the independence of Haiti in 1804.
“In the Hill District, you see people fighting for better education and for having a say in what happens in their community. That advocacy is a direct legacy of Haiti’s independence. It’s something Hill residents haven’t given up on,” Dyer said. ....

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