Today, the paper is headquartered at 520
South 16th Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and publishes on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
The Philadelphia Tribune also publishes the
Tribune Magazine,
Entertainment Now,
Sojourner,
The Learning Key, and
The Sunday Tribune.
The Tribune has a weekly readership of about 625,
000, and is mostly read by people living in the Philadelphia-Camden
Metro Area, as well as in
Chester. The Tribune has received the
John B. Russwurm award as '
Best Newspaper' in the country seven times since
1995.
Christopher J. Perry was born on
September 11, 1854 in
Baltimore, Maryland to free African-American parents. In
Baltimore,
Perry attended school and gained a positive reputation in his local community through his public speeches. After he graduated from high school in 1873, the ambitious Perry migrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania due to the lack of opportunities for
African Americans in Baltimore.
Once in
Philadelphia, Perry began writing for local newspapers like the
Northern Daily and the
Sunday Mercury. He wrote a column titled, '
Flashes and
Sparks' for the
Mercury which provided information to the growing
Black community in Philadelphia. Through his regular columns, Perry gained positive attention from the educated members of the African-American community in Philadelphia. However, in 1884, the Sunday Mercury went bankrupt and Perry found himself without a job.
Later that year on
November 27, 1884, Perry began his own newspaper titled the
Philadelphia Tribune, and Perry ran the operation as the owner, reporter, editor, copier, and advertiser. Perry worked on the
Tribune until his death in
1921. Throughout his career with the Tribune, Perry promoted the advancement of
American Americans in society and covered issues affecting their daily lives.
When the Tribune began publication in 1884, it was a weekly, one page paper located at 725 Sansom
Street.
Despite the challenges
Black businesses faced during the late nineteenth century, especially in journalism, the Tribune enjoyed unusual success during its early years as it averaged 3,225 copies weekly by 1887. In 1891, Perry and the Tribune received national recognition when
Garland Penn, a prominent advocate for African-American journalism, praised the Philadelphia newspaper in his book
The Afro-American Press and Its
Editors. In his book, Penn complimented the Tribune's consistency and reliability. However,the Tribune was not the only
African-American newspaper circulating in Philadelphia at the time. The Tribune competed against other
African-American newspapers during its first few decades like
The Philadelphia Standard Echo, The Philadelphia
Sentinel, The Philadelphia
Defender, and The Courant. But by
1900, the Tribune became the leading voice of Black Philadelphia when
W.E.B.
Du Bois referred to it as 'the chief news-sheet' in the city.
As the new migrants moved into
White neighborhoods, violence swept through the city as White mobs formed to intimidate Black families. In
1914, after a White mob attacked and destroyed the new home of a
Black woman, the Philadelphia
Department of Public Safety neglected to investigate the crime and no White newspapers reported the incident. The managing editor of the Tribune, G.
Grant Williams, reported the case and encouraged African Americans to join the police force. The newspaper worked with the
Colored Protective
Association to help defend African Americans who were unfairly arrested.
Williams also wrote articles on how to protect women from the racial violence and advice on morals and values. As a way to create a cultural identity and unity among Black Philadelphians, the Tribune publicized free lectures and invited respected
Church leaders to write columns for the paper.
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