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Pennsylvania's first African American newspaper was The Mystery, published in Pittsburgh by Martin Robison Delany from 1843 to 1847. [2] Today, Pennsylvania is home to numerous active African American newspapers, including the oldest such newspaper nationwide, the Philadelphia Tribune.
The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Philadelphia Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia family based in South Philadelphia. This criminal organization primarily operates in various areas and neighborhoods in Philadelphia, the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area (i.e. the Delaware Valley) and New Jersey, especially South Jersey.
El Hispano is a Spanish language newspaper serving Southeastern Pennsylvania. It was established in 1976 and is published weekly on Thursdays. El Hispano serves Greater Philadelphia, as well as Allentown, PA, Reading, PA, Camden, NJ, and Trenton, NJ, all of which have large Hispanic populations. [2]
Live 8 producer/promoter Russell Simmons was the man responsible for adding more African-American artists to the Live 8 Philadelphia bill, including some Def Poetry Jam poets. After noticing the lack of hip-hop artists on the bill, Bono called Jay-Z and Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park personally and asked them to perform in Philadelphia.
An advert for The Morning Call in 1900 after its rebranding, showcasing the Newspaper's headquarters on 16 South 6th Street David A. Miller, a Muhlenberg College senior, was the newspaper's first reporter; in 1904, he and his brother Samuel acquired the newspaper, owning it until 1920, and later serving as its president from 1934 until his death in 1958.
The 1976 Legionnaires' disease outbreak, occurring in the late summer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States at an annual American Legion convention, was the first occasion in which a cluster of a particular type of pneumonia cases were determined to be caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacteria. Previous outbreaks were retroactively ...
In 1931, Olney High School graduated its first class and for a time had the largest enrollment in the city with 3600 students. Olney High School's alumni include Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Del Ennis (1942), comedy writer Barry S. Waronker (1965), local news reporter Sheila Washington (1982), and former Feltonville historian Dennis Dalbey ...
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