Chicago defender -- History -- Sources.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dewey Roscoe Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: harsh-2015-02
Abstract
Dewey Roscoe Jones was a Chicago-based journalist for the Chicago Defender. He rose to the role of Managing Editor while writing feature articles, book reviews, and columns. Jones left the Defender in 1932 to work as the Associate Advisor on Negro Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. He returned to Chicago in 1938 to serve as the Assistant Director of Hull-House, Jane Addam’s progressive settlement just southwest of the city’s Loop. The collection contains...
Dates:
1905 - 2013
McGill Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: harsh-2004-08
Abstract
Nathan K. McGill, a native Floridian, had a profound impact on Chicago journalism and law. In 1925, he was appointed assistant state’s attorney in Chicago. A confidant of Robert Abbott, he later served as general manager, vice president and counsel of the Chicago Defender. He was also a member of the Chicago Public Library Board of Directors. From 1934 to 1937, he published his own newspaper, Metropolitan News,. The papers...
Dates:
1870-2008