Citizens Republican Club Has Long, Colorful History in City

Title

Citizens Republican Club Has Long, Colorful History in City

Subject

Citizens Republican Club, Edlo Fields, John Asbury, Andrew Stevens, Sr., Amos Scott, Edward Henry, John Durham

Description

Citizens Republican Club, located at 422 S. 15th Street, is the nation's oldest African-American club of its kind. Members of the Citizens Republican Club used their association with the club as a springboard for esteem in the African-American community and nation as a whole.

Creator

Philadelphia Tribune

Source

Philadelphia Tribune

Publisher

WCU HIS 601/ HON 542 Great Migration and Digital Storytelling, Fall 2014

Date

October 30, 1954

Contributor

Amanda Tuttle, Kaitlyn Sheeran

Rights

Used by permission of the Philadelphia Tribune Company, Inc. All rights reserved. The Philadelphia Tribune, with 130 years of continuous publication, is the oldest newspaper in the United States serving the African-American community

Format

PDF

Type

Newspaper Article

Original Format

Paper

Files

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Citation

Philadelphia Tribune, “Citizens Republican Club Has Long, Colorful History in City,” Goin' North, accessed November 19, 2024, https://goinnorth.org/items/show/441.