Philadelphia Tribune
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The Philadelphia Tribune is an American
newspaper, headquartered at 520 South 16th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, that primarily targets the African American
community. Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, it is the oldest continually running African-American newspaper, being created in 1884 by Chrisopher James Perry, Jr. The Philadelphia Tribune also publishes the Tribune Magazine, Entertainment Now!, Sojourner
, The Learning Key, and The Sunday Tribune. The Tribune has a readership of about 223,500, and is mostly read by people living in the Philadelphia-Camden Metro Area, as well as a minority in Chester
.
United States
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newspaper, headquartered at 520 South 16th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, that primarily targets the African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
community. Published Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, it is the oldest continually running African-American newspaper, being created in 1884 by Chrisopher James Perry, Jr. The Philadelphia Tribune also publishes the Tribune Magazine, Entertainment Now!, Sojourner
Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. After going to court to recover her son, she...
, The Learning Key, and The Sunday Tribune. The Tribune has a readership of about 223,500, and is mostly read by people living in the Philadelphia-Camden Metro Area, as well as a minority in Chester
Chester, Pennsylvania
Chester is a city in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census. Chester is situated on the Delaware River, between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington, Delaware.- History :...
.