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Wilmington, North Carolina once had a thriving Black middle class and an elected interracial government. In 1898 white supremacists used violence to overthrow that government, kill Black residents and drive many others from the city.
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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985
"The G" | |
 Gesling Stadium, 2011. | |
| Location | 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213 |
|---|---|
| Owner | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Operator | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Capacity | 3,900 |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1990 |
| Tenants | |
| Carnegie Mellon football Carnegie Mellon track and field Carnegie Mellon men's soccer (1990–2010) Carnegie Mellon women's soccer (1990–2010) | |
Gesling Stadium is a 3,900-seat stadium in Pittsburgh, primarily used for football. Built in 1990, it has served as the home of the Carnegie Mellon Tartans football team, as well as Carnegie Mellon's track and field programs. From 1990 to 2010, it also hosted Carnegie Mellon's men's and women's soccer teams.[1] Gesling Stadium has been described as a historic stadium within the President’s Athletic Conference.[2]
Despite the fact that the Carnegie Mellon Tartans play at the NCAA Division III level, and Pittsburgh has two NCAA Division I teams in the Pitt Panthers and Duquesne Dukes, Gesling Stadium is the largest stadium in the city of Pittsburgh which was purpose-built primarily for college football. This is due to the fact that the University of Pittsburgh plays at Acrisure Stadium, which was primarily built for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and that the Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field, home of the Duquesne Dukes, only has a capacity of 2,200.[3]
Gesling Stadium sits within Carnegie Mellon's campus. The Jared L Cohen University Center is the backdrop to the stadium's west end zone, and the Judith Resnik and West Wing dorms overshadow the away sideline.[4]
The field at Gesling Stadium is dedicated to longtime Carnegie Mellon football head coach Rich Lackner, making it Richard M. Lackner field at Gesling Stadium.[5]
In addition to hosting Carnegie Mellon's varsity programs, Gesling Stadium also hosts a number of club and intramural sports, including Rugby and Quidditch.[6][7]
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Gesling Stadium is a 3,900-seat stadium in Pittsburgh, primarily used for football. Built in 1990, it has served as the home of the Carnegie Mellon Tartans football team, as well as Carnegie Mellon's track and field programs. From 1990 to 2010, it also hosted Carnegie Mellon's men's and women's soccer teams. Gesling Stadium has been described as a historic stadium within the President’s Athletic Conference. Despite the fact that the Carnegie Mellon Tartans play at the NCAA Division III level, and Pittsburgh has two NCAA Division I teams in the Pitt Panthers and Duquesne Dukes, Gesling Stadium is the largest stadium in the city of Pittsburgh which was purpose-built primarily for college football. This is due to the fact that the University of Pittsburgh plays at Acrisure Stadium, which was primarily built for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and that the Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field, home of the Duquesne Dukes, only has a capacity of 2,200.
Acrisure Stadium, formerly (and still colloquially) known as Heinz Field, is a stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It primarily serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Pittsburgh Panthers of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The stadium opened in 2001 as Heinz Field, following the controlled implosion of the teams' previous home, Three Rivers Stadium. In 2021, the owners of the Heinz name, now owned by Kraft Heinz, declined to renew the stadium's naming rights. The City of Pittsburgh approved Acrisure's bid to purchase the rights in 2022. Funded in conjunction with PNC Park and the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, the $281 million (equivalent to $510.93 million in 2025) stadium stands along the Ohio River, on the North Side of Pittsburgh in the North Shore neighborhood. The stadium was designed with the city's history of steel production in mind, which led to the inclusion of 12,000 tons of steel into construction. Ground for the stadium was broken in June 1999, and the first football game was hosted in September 2001. The stadium's natural-grass surface has been criticized throughout its history, but Steelers owners have kept the grass after lobbying from players and coaches. The 68,400-seat stadium has sold out for most Steelers home games, a streak that dates to 1972. A collection of Steelers and Panthers memorabilia is in the Great Hall. The stadium has hosted two outdoor hockey games: the 2011 NHL Winter Classic between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals, and the 2017 NHL Stadium Series game between the Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers. The venue has also hosted numerous concerts; on June 17, 2023, Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour performance was attended by 73,117 people, the highest-ticketed event in Pittsburgh history.
Beaver Stadium is a college football stadium on the campus of Pennsylvania State University in Penn State University Park. It has been home to the Penn State Nittany Lions football of the Big Ten Conference since 1960, though some parts of the stadium date back to 1909. It was also the site of university commencements until 1984. The stadium, as well as its predecessors, is named after James A. Beaver (1837–1914), a governor of Pennsylvania (1887–91), president of the university's board of trustees, and native of nearby Millerstown. The stadium is part of College Township and has a University Park address. Beaver Stadium has an official seating capacity of 106,572, making it currently the second-largest stadium in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth-largest in the world. Its natural grass playing field is aligned northwest to southeast at an approximate elevation of 1,150 feet (350 m) above sea level. Beaver Stadium is widely known as one of the toughest venues for opposing teams in collegiate athletics. In 2008, it was recognized as having the best student section in the country for the second consecutive year. In 2019, it was named student section of the year by a committee of ESPN broadcasters and writers. In 2016, Beaver Stadium was voted the number-one football stadium in college football in a USA Today poll, garnering over 41 percent of the vote. In March 2019, USA Today conducted another poll asking voters to decide the best stadium in the United States during "Bracket Madness", which coincided with the 2019 NCAA basketball tournament. Hundreds of thousands of fans voted for their favorites throughout the week. In the championship match-up, Beaver Stadium beat Kansas’ Allen Fieldhouse to claim the title of "Ultimate Stadium". Since 2025, the stadium has been officially named West Shore Home Field at Beaver Stadium after Penn State entered into a naming rights deal with West Shore Home. Beaver Stadium was the first to have its interior included in Google Street View.
Fisher Stadium is a 13,132-seat multi-purpose stadium in Easton, Pennsylvania. The stadium is home to the Lafayette College Leopards football team. It opened in 1926 as Fisher Field. During 2006 and 2007, Fisher Field underwent a $33-million renovation. It reopened in time for the 2006 college football season complete with new seating, a JumboTron, a new press box, FieldTurf, and field lighting. Construction of a Football Varsity House beyond the western endzone commenced in Fall 2006 and was completed before the 2007 season.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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