There are Black People in the Future
East Liberty has changed a lot over the years.
It started as a valley, which became a tavern town, which became a rich suburban hub, which became Pittsburgh's second downtown, which then became a struggling black neighborhood, which became the place that took down Alisha Wormsley's 2018 "There Are Black People in the Future" billboard.
Felicia Savage Friedman, a yoga instructor and the owner of YogaRoots on Location, has lived in rapidly changing East Liberty most of her life, and she still considers it her home.
"When that billboard was taken down it really hurt my heart," Friedman, 55, said, "but it also showed me why I do what I do."