Chicago Defender
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Chicago Defender Newspaper Moves to Digital-Only with its July 11 Edition
After 114 years of using ink on paper to deliver news that informs, educates and empowers the African American community…
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The Black Press Celebrates 190 Years
On March 16, 1827, the first edition of the Freedom's Journal was published, thrusting African-Americans into the bustling publishing business.
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REED: Titans of Industry
"The rich teach their children to acquire. Middle-class people teach theirs to sell. Poor people teach theirs consumption." — William…
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Hillary Clinton Up Close
By Kai EL’Zabar (Executive Editor, Chicago Defender) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to Chicago on her Midwest campaign…
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Young Black Scholars “Discover the Unexpected” on the Journey to Empowerment
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association) The legendary scholar, writer and visionary James Baldwin…
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The Great Migration was a Triumph of the Black Press
By Erick Johnson (From The Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member) There were over six hundred Black families applying for 53 apartment…
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NNPA, Chevrolet Launch Historic Internship Program at Howard University
By Freddie Allen (NNPA National News Managing Editor) In an effort to provide student journalists with a unique experience working…
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Legacy of ‘First Lady of the Black Press’ Still Relevant Today
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When James McGrath Morris set out to write his latest book,…
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