Martin R. Delany

(1812-1885)

A promoter of African-American nationalism, Delany published a Black newspaper, The Mystery, at an office near here. He attended Harvard Medical School, practiced medicine in Pittsburgh, and was commissioned as a major in the Civil War.

Marker is on 3rd Avenue near Market Street, on the right when traveling east.

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