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, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago
country United States of America
surface form: 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, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
historicalDistribution Northern United States
Southern United States
inception 1905
language English
laterPublicationFrequency daily
weekly
location Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: 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 insisted on open-casket funeral mediaCoverage Chicago Defender
subject surface form: Mamie Till-Mobley
this entity surface form: The Chicago Defender
Willard Motley employer Chicago Defender
African American newspapers notableExample Chicago Defender
this entity surface form: The Chicago Defender