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

Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

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 Warrenton Adult Non-Fiction  071.7311 MIC    AVAILABLE  ---
Description: xx, 633 pages ; 24 cm
Summary: Draws on interviews and extensive archival research to tell the story of "The Defender," a great black Chicago newspaper whose pages helped elect mayors and presidents and were filled with columns by legends like Ida B. Wells and Martin Luther King.
Contents: Delphi on the prairie -- A defender of his race -- If you see it in "The Defender," it's so -- Getting the South told -- The Great Northern Drive -- The greatest disturbing element -- The bond of affections -- Reaping the whirlwind -- Bombing Binga -- Chicago vindicated -- The burdens of the future -- We'll take the sea -- Farewell, Chief -- Victory through unity -- Santa Claus and a World War -- Promises vs. performance -- The "Daily Defender" -- One vote per precinct -- A socratic gadfly -- A prayer for Chicago -- A dark hour in the life of America -- The last remains of nonviolence -- Victories are contagious -- Stick around for a while -- The roar of the El train.
Bibliog.: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Chicago defender -- History.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Newspapers.
African American newspapers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
African American press -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers.
ISBN/ISSN: 9780547560694 (hardcover)
0547560699 (hardcover)

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