Christopher J. Perry Sr.

CTL-E-4591 · Person · journalist · 1850s-1921

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Baltimore-born Black journalist who founded the Philadelphia Tribune in 1884 and led it until his death in 1921.

The record

Also known as: Christopher James Perry Sr.

Notes

RELP106 new supporting entity: founded_by/wrote_for target for CTL-E-0716. 2 claims + 2 evidence. Name-collision check clean.

Relationships

Philadelphia Tribune — affiliated with
Perry founded the Tribune at 28 and led it as publisher/editor until 1921.
Philadelphia Tribune — founded
Christopher James Perry Sr. founded the Philadelphia Tribune in 1884.

Referenced by

Philadelphia Tribune — founded by → this record
Philadelphia Tribune — wrote for → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Philadelphia Tribune
Wikidelphia - Philadelphia Tribune

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