Bibliography 2: #BIB36167

Key	BIB36167
Reference type	Book
Title	The Defender : How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America : From the Age of the Pullman Porters to the Age of Obama
Author	Michaeli, Ethan
Year	2016
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Place published	Boston
ISBN	9780547560694
Abstract	"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.
Notes	LCCN 2015017437 Bahá'í Faith: pp. 213-214. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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.
Language	English
Keywords	CHICAGO DEFENDER (NEWSPAPER); ABBOTT, ROBERT S.; AFRICAN AMERICANS; UNITED STATES; ILLINOIS; CHICAGO; NEWSPAPERS; CIVIL RIGHTS
DOI	40025604022
Number of pages	xx, 633
Type of work	text
Call number	PN4899 .C395 D55 2016 (LC - COLLINS)

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