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American Race Prejudice Must Be . I read it quite often in 1966 whi

Posted by Maestro on 5/5/2025, 7:00 am

Wow!!! Today is the 120th anniversary of the Chicago Defender. From a personal perspective, the Defender played an integral role in my political maturation. I recall reading it while in the Air Force in 1966; a Black Sgt I knew would always have a copy of it in our office. Below, an article on the paper's rich history from the Howard Zinn website:

https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/chicago-defender-founded/

OOPS!! That shoud read, American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed N/T

Posted by Maestro on 5/5/2025, 7:03 am, in reply to "American Race Prejudice Must Be . I read it quite often in 1966 whi"

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Re: OOPS!! That shoud read, American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed N/T

Posted by gm on 5/5/2025, 8:32 pm, in reply to "OOPS!! That shoud read, American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed N/T"

I think I came across this website during a chance visit to the defender while researching something..
And all these years later i'm still here..

Like Ebony & Jet, in their own way, the Chicago Defender was very very necessary..
Sad that its lost some of its public value.

ALL HAIL HOWARD ZINN...RIP.

Re: OOPS!! That shoud read, American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed N/T

Posted by Les on 5/5/2025, 9:12 pm, in reply to "Re: OOPS!! That shoud read, American Race Prejudice Must Be Destroyed N/T"

Nice, concise article and video, bro. I'm sitting in Chicago, as we speak -- contacted those guys over at the Defender just recently.

Ha, ha, John Sengstacke was young and firm-skinned in that video. He was probably in his 80s when I met him. Nice, nice find, Maestro.

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