Chicago Defender

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The Chicago Defender is a historic African American newspaper that played a pivotal role in advocating for civil rights and shaping Black cultural and political life in Chicago and across the United States.

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instanceOf African American newspaper ⓘ
newspaper ⓘ
weekly newspaper ⓘ
acquiredBy Real Times Media ⓘ
acquisitionDate 2003 ⓘ
advocatedFor desegregation of the U.S. armed forces ⓘ
economic opportunities for African Americans ⓘ
voting rights for African Americans ⓘ
city Chicago ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
coveredEvent World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
distributionArea Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
foundedBy Robert S. Abbott ⓘ
founder Robert S. Abbott ⓘ
hasOnlineEdition yes ⓘ
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
historicalDistribution Northern United States ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
inception 1905 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterPublicationFrequency daily ⓘ
weekly ⓘ
location Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
medium online ⓘ
print ⓘ
notableEditor Ethel L. Payne ⓘ
John H. Sengstacke ⓘ
Louis Martin ⓘ
notableFor advocacy for African American civil rights ⓘ
campaigns against Jim Crow laws ⓘ
coverage of racial violence and lynching in the American South ⓘ
coverage of the Great Migration ⓘ
coverage of the civil rights movement ⓘ
influencing the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North ⓘ
promotion of Black cultural and political life in Chicago ⓘ
support for anti-lynching legislation ⓘ
originalPublicationFrequency weekly ⓘ
ownedBy Real Times Media ⓘ
politicalAlignment African American civil rights movement ⓘ
civil rights advocacy ⓘ
publisher Robert S. Abbott Publishing Company ⓘ
roleInHistory instrumental in encouraging African Americans to migrate from the rural South to northern cities ⓘ
major voice of the African American press in the 20th century ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
subjectFocus African American issues ⓘ
Black culture ⓘ
civil rights ⓘ
politics ⓘ
urban life in Chicago ⓘ
targetAudience African American community ⓘ

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Chicago Black Renaissance → hasInstitution → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Mamie Till-Mobley → mediaCoverage → The Chicago Defender ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender
Willard Motley → employer → Chicago Defender ⓘ
African American newspapers → notableExample → The Chicago Defender ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender
Lu Palmer → employer → Chicago Daily Defender ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender
Lu Palmer → employer → Chicago Courier ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender
Robert S. Abbott → founded → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Robert S. Abbott → publisherOf → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Robert S. Abbott → notableWork → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Ethel L. Payne → employer → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Ethel L. Payne → workedFor → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Ethel L. Payne → wroteFor → The Chicago Defender ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender
Louis Martin → notableWork → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Louis Martin → employer → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Louis Martin → describedBySource → Chicago Defender archives ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender
John H. Sengstacke → employer → Chicago Defender ⓘ
John H. Sengstacke → owned → Chicago Defender ⓘ
East–West All-Star Game → notableMedia → Chicago Defender ⓘ
Bronzeville neighborhood (portion) → associatedWith → Chicago Defender newspaper ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Defender