The defender : how the legendary Black newspaper changed America : from the age of the Pullman porters to the age of Obama / Ethan Michaeli.

""The story of the Chicago Defender is the story of race in the twentieth century." -- Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here Giving voice to the voiceless, the Chicago Defender condemned Jim Crow, catalyzed the Great Migration, and focused the electoral power of black America. Robert...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Michaeli, Ethan (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Subjects:	Chicago defender > History. African Americans > Illinois > Chicago > Newspapers. African American newspapers > Illinois > Chicago > History. African American press > Illinois > Chicago > History. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. HISTORY / Social History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global) Chicago defender. African American newspapers. African American press. African Americans. Illinois > Chicago. Chicago (Ill.) > Newspapers. History. Newspapers.
Genre:	Newspapers. History.
Physical Description:	xx, 633 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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