#tdih 1905 Robert Abbott founded “Chicago Defender.”
Goal: “American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed”
Paper had a nat‘l audience & major influence on Great Migration, culture, & struggle for civil & human rights.
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott founded the highly influential newspaper, the Chicago Defender, with the tagline “American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed.”
