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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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 NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1940-02-29
educatedAt Chicago-Kent College of Law NERFINISHED
Hampton Institute NERFINISHED
education Hampton Institute NERFINISHED
Kent College of Law, Chicago NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Abbott NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork civil rights advocacy
journalism
law
founded Chicago Defender NERFINISHED
fullName Robert Sengstacke Abbott NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
occupation editor
journalist
lawyer
newspaper publisher
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States
publisherOf Chicago Defender NERFINISHED
relative John H. Sengstacke NERFINISHED
religion Baptist
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
usedMedium print journalism

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Chicago Defender founder Robert S. Abbott
Chicago Defender foundedBy Robert S. Abbott