Chicago Defender

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Chicago_Defender
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_Special_Citation_(2024)
gptkbp:ceased_operations 2019
gptkbp:city gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:distribution national
gptkbp:focus African American community
gptkbp:format broadsheet
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Robert_S._Abbott
gptkbp:foundedYear 1905
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Advocated for civil rights
Promoted the Great Migration
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chicago Defender
gptkbp:ISSN 0745-9741
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableCover gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Emmett_Till_case
gptkbp:notableEditor gptkb:John_H._Sengstacke
gptkb:Ethel_Payne
gptkb:Louis_Martin
gptkbp:OCLC 8809032
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Real_Times_Media
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Real_Times_Media
gptkbp:state gptkb:Illinois
gptkbp:targetAudience gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:type gptkb:newspaper
gptkbp:website https://chicagodefender.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_H._Sengstacke
gptkb:Chicago_Black_Renaissance
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5