The Chicago Defender

Chicago-based African American newspaper
Organization newspaper Q961669
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The Chicago Defender

Summary

The Chicago Defender is a newspaper[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Chicago Defender was a member of National Newspaper Publishers Association[3].
  • The Chicago Defender is located in Chicago[4].
  • The Chicago Defender is in the country of United States[5].
  • The Chicago Defender's image is recorded as 20070601 Chicago Defender Building (3).JPG[6].
  • The Chicago Defender's instance of is recorded as newspaper[7].
  • The Chicago Defender's instance of is recorded as African American newspaper[8].
  • The Chicago Defender's instance of is recorded as digital newspaper[9].
  • The Chicago Defender's instance of is recorded as website[10].
  • The Chicago Defender's instance of is recorded as organization[11].
  • The Chicago Defender's founder is recorded as Robert Sengstacke Abbott[12].
  • The Chicago Defender's owned by is recorded as Real Times[13].
  • The Chicago Defender's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 186812605[14].
  • The Chicago Defender's GND ID is recorded as 7549770-0[15].
  • The Chicago Defender's ISSN is recorded as 0745-7014[16].
  • The Chicago Defender's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2011160567[17].
  • The Chicago Defender's IdRef ID is recorded as 229626386[18].
  • The Chicago Defender's place of publication is recorded as Chicago[19].
  • The Chicago Defender's Commons category is recorded as The Chicago Defender[20].
  • The Chicago Defender's language of work or name is recorded as English[21].
  • The Chicago Defender's country of origin is recorded as United States[22].
  • +1905-05-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of The Chicago Defender[23].
  • The Chicago Defender's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0j9p5[24].
  • The Chicago Defender's official website is recorded as https://chicagodefender.com/[25].
  • The Chicago Defender's described by source is recorded as Project Oasis[26].
  • The Chicago Defender's described by source is recorded as The Expanding News Desert[27].

Body

Founding

The Chicago Defender's founder is recorded as Robert Sengstacke Abbott[12]. +1905-05-05T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[23].

Ownership

The Chicago Defender's owned by is recorded as Real Times[13].

Why It Matters

The Chicago Defender ranks in the top 1% of newspaper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [21] . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  19. [3] . nnpa.org. Retrieved . nnpa.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ISSN Portal. usnpl.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . projectnewsoasis.com. Retrieved . projectnewsoasis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . usnewsdeserts.com. Retrieved . usnewsdeserts.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-chicago-defender_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Chicago Defender}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-chicago-defender}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-05}}
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