St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-03-22
Abbott of the Defender


death of Robert Abbott editor and publisher
Chicago Defender AS characteristic of humans of
the tributes the Abbott left unsad until too late for
the them However, believe the day
distant when people will the fine things about their leaders,
their friends while such individuals hear and fully appreciate the
praise.
did praise the plaudts
him his duty AS the counys No. Negro
journalist he exred the thinking of the masses of
other Individual His the first Negro journal
with appeal and he used its great influence not for selfish
poses, but for the good of the Negro American
Negro workers everywhere him debt for his
cess though earned wages trained
and women to Negro Journalism The public received news
by better equipment The reading public in turn
responded by greater respect and for the Negro press
Many people like tell of Abbot early days. the days wne ne
carried his around under his selling it from house to house
Many and Pigments of healthy maginaons
told of his struggles If all the people who knew him
shoulder they would probably stretch
Atlantic the Pacifc Around all great such stories
grow up Sitting the natural conc
Chicago builder had struggle get his
before the people and harder struggle keep before them
a solvent business insure its continuance.
things under Abbott did make
cogpzan
ing racial solidarity Abbos flaming yncngs
than other single factor The crashing
detailing the which screamed the
pages years. number
Negro emuang the Defender began give the daes
doses of their sensatonasm by using rd headlines to tell the
committed whites against Negroes Soon daie dis
generally habit of building into headlines the smallest
alleged crimes OF cood people Abbot Defender stopped nat
the Negroes living under terrific
oppressive prejudice leave the southland politicians
landowners faced with losing the almost aveabor of thousands
hamlet sections of the south It
o through the rural and Negro Pullman porer
railroad did their the the people
it. this agitation which helped the huge migration Of
southern Negroes northern industrial nters from this attack
Sous it's Negroes that the Defender its
reputation agtao AnNego southern whites faced with
militant Negro inspired by which dared challenge
the mtreamen Is millions of its most patriotic citizens mmed
e sought curb the Defender and Robert influence
So they decided to label of "agtar" the Defender I'M
medaey thousands Negroes took the refrain
who would think for themselves echoed the
myth that Chicago Defender nothing but ole agaor
Through all of the depression ungraeuness of his
public reachery his friends Robert Abbott i'll from
veok continued keep the Defenders flag the of the pole
Other publishers followed closely the paths
the Chicago publisher and the Negro began by
bounds until today there community of America which
have its active Negro journal Those which have been the
successful have been those which have adopted the militant fear
less and aggressive policy of Robert S. Abbott
Abbott had critics. of whom did not know what they
talking about He probably had faults
utghed by his service his people, his profession
country which he onged have practice
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