Robert Sengstacke Abbott
✓ Source-basedstableAfrican American lawyer (1870-1940)
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor. Abbott founded The Chicago Defender in 1905, which grew to have the highest circulation of any black-owned newspaper in the country.
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John Brown RusswurmAlso won National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame
Carl RowanAlso won National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame
Belva DavisAlso won National Association of Black Journalists Hall of FameEthel L. PayneAlso won National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame
John H. JohnsonAlso won National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame
Timothy Thomas FortuneAlso won National Association of Black Journalists Hall of FameAbout this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Lawyers
Type
Lawyer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1870 to 1940 · aged 69
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