1860-present. Inquirer.com provides all web content but no access to the digital edition. For the digital image of the print paper, choose NewsBank ("image" format) or PressReader.
Founded in 1884, the Tribune is the oldest continually published African-American newspaper in the U.S. Early issues were lost; full page images start in 1912.
Coverage: 1854-1856, 1861-1902. Early African American weekly with national and foreign news as well as issues relating to religion, morality and the arts.
This database includes the Philadelphia Public Ledger (1836-1876) and the Philadelphia North American (1839-1879) as well as other papers published in the city.
