Christopher J. Perry Sr. founded the Philadelphia Tribune in 1884 the nation's oldest and continuously published newspaper that reflects on the African American experience. Perry was born in Baltimore, Maryland on September 11, 1854, to parents who were free. He attended school there despite sub-standard conditions in the local segregated schools. While still very young, […]

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