Robert S. Abbott

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Robert S. Abbott was an influential African American lawyer and newspaper publisher who founded the Chicago Defender, one of the most important Black newspapers in U.S. history.

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Robert S. Abbott canonical 5
Robert Sengstacke Abbott 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights activist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
newspaper publisher ⓘ
advocatedFor anti-lynching legislation ⓘ
civil rights for African Americans ⓘ
birthDate 1870-11-24 ⓘ
birthPlace St. Simons Island, Georgia, United States ⓘ
linked to: St. Simons Island
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1940-02-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Chicago-Kent College of Law ⓘ
Hampton Institute ⓘ
education Hampton Institute ⓘ
Kent College of Law, Chicago ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Abbott ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights advocacy ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
law ⓘ
founded Chicago Defender ⓘ
fullName Robert Sengstacke Abbott ⓘ
linked to: Robert S. Abbott
gender male ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
hasHonor inducted into the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame ⓘ
recognized as a pioneer of the Black press in America ⓘ
hasRole editor and publisher of the Chicago Defender ⓘ
influenced John H. Sengstacke ⓘ
knownFor founding the Chicago Defender ⓘ
promoting the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableAchievement built the Chicago Defender into one of the most widely read African American newspapers in the United States ⓘ
used the Chicago Defender to encourage African Americans to migrate from the Jim Crow South to northern cities ⓘ
notableWork Chicago Defender ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
newspaper publisher ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
publisherOf Chicago Defender ⓘ
relative John H. Sengstacke ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
usedMedium print journalism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago Defender → founder → Robert S. Abbott ⓘ
Chicago Defender → foundedBy → Robert S. Abbott ⓘ
Robert S. Abbott → fullName → Robert Sengstacke Abbott ⓘ
linked to: Robert S. Abbott
John H. Sengstacke → relative → Robert Sengstacke Abbott ⓘ
linked to: Robert S. Abbott
John H. Sengstacke → uncle → Robert Sengstacke Abbott ⓘ
linked to: Robert S. Abbott