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

Title: The defender : how the legendary Black newspaper changed America : from the age of the Pullman porters to the age of Obama / Ethan Michaeli.
Author: Michaeli, Ethan
Publication: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.

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Description

xx, 633 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Giving voice to the voiceless, the Chicago Defender condemned Jim Crow, catalyzed the Great Migration, and focused the electoral power of black America. Robert S. Abbott founded The Defender in 1905, smuggled hundreds of thousands of copies into the most isolated communities in the segregated South, and was dubbed a "Modern Moses," becoming one of the first black millionaires in the process. His successor wielded the newspaper's clout to elect mayors and presidents, including Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy, who would have lost in 1960 if not for The Defender's support. Along the way, its pages were filled with columns by legends like Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, and Martin Luther King. Drawing on dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, Ethan Michaeli constructs a revelatory narrative of race in America and brings to life the reporters who braved lynch mobs and policemen's clubs to do their jobs, from the age of Teddy Roosevelt to the age of Barack Obama."--Book jacket.

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 606-609) and index.

Contents

Preface : 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.

Call Number

Sc E 16-329

ISBN

9780547560694
0547560699

LCCN

2015017437
40025604022

OCLC

910309917

Author

Michaeli, Ethan, author.

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.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 606-609) and index.

Other Standard Identifier

40025604022

Research Call Number

Sc E 16-329

JFE 17-6221

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