In 1793, George Washington was in his second term as president and 72 years would need to pass before slavery was abolished. In Susquehanna County, Prince and Judith Perkins, free African Americans, were buying land.
Millions of people celebrated Earth Day across the country in 1970. So how did Pittsburghers break in the new holiday? We asked two women who were there to share their memories.
The beauty—and power—of the first Earth Day is that everyone from politicians to activists, housewives to unions, came together to make it what it was.
Pennsylvania was among the first governments in the world to guarantee its citizens the right to a clean environment. In practice, that didn’t mean much — until now.
