Robert Sengstacke Abbott: Founder of the Chicago Defender

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Robert Sengstacke Abbott: Founder of the Chicago Defender

Robert Sengstacke Abbott founded the Chicago Defender on May 5, 1905. The Defender was founded as an outlet to entice African-Americans to relocate north from southern states during the Great Migration. Abbott even set a date of May 15, 1917, for what he called 'The Great Northern Drive' to occur. In his weekly, he showed […]

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