ChiThen -- Black Chicago in Time

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The Overton Building - 3621 s State St - 1925

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - making a trick shot at a westside pool hall - 1966

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Willie Dixon (1915 - 1992)

The Man - The Master

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Chicago Defender Newsboy 

Early 1940′s on South Parkway (now ML King drive) just south of 35th St 

The Liberty Life Insurance on the right

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Tenor Man Von Freeman (1923 - 2012) 

Front Bar of the Apartment Lounge on east 75th St

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Exterior View of Liberty Life Insurance - Chicago_1925

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Alderman Charlie Chew & Muhammad Ali at the Bud Billiken Parade

Chicago_Aug 1975

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Children snacking on steps - 1953

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Linotype operators at Chicago_Defender - 1940′s or 1950's

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Savoy Ballroom Poster Advertising

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Perfume Advertising from 1937

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Hotel Vincennes - 1925

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Dr c Jesse Davis - Dentist - 1925

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Robert Abbott (1870 - 1940)

Founder - Editor - Publisher of the Chicago Defender

Photo with Newsboys taken during the 1920′s

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Dusable Cabin Replica at Chicago Worlds Fair - 1933

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Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)

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A lot of us tend to forget that for many years the Defender was considered as being very very radical.

 Also that in many instances Pullman Porters were responsible for bringing the paper to many locations down South.