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The Defender - 2014
by Michaeli, Ethan
Veteran reporter Ethan Michaeli tells the story of a great black Chicago newspaper, the rise and fall of an American family, and the real history of black America in the twentieth century.
Summary
Giving voice to the voiceless, the Chicago Defender had a reach and influence extending far beyond Chicago. The newspaper and the family behind it condemned Jim Crow, catalyzed the Great Migration, fostered the integration of the U.S. armed forces in the wake of World War II, and laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement. Over the years, the Defender’s staff included an unparalleled collection of writers, intellectuals, and activists: Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Jesse Jackson were among the better-known bylines, but there were hundreds of less celebrated reporters at the paper who braved lynch mobs and policemen’s clubs to get their stories.
Through the depth of his research, veteran reporter Ethan Michaeli constructs a revelatory narrative of race in America. The Defender sheds unprecedented light on an entire civic, political, and intellectual universe whose legacy reverberates well into the twenty-first century.
Details
- Title The Defender
- Author Michaeli, Ethan
- Language EN
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Date 2014-06-10
- ISBN 9780547560878