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**“An extraordinary history...Deeply researched, elegantly written...a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten.”** —**Brent Staples, __New York Times Book Review__****NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY __The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Amazon__** 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

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Author

Michaeli, Ethan

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (www.hmhco.com)

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781328470249

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Computer Science, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.3 / 5 (126 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14