Today in Georgia History November 24, 1868 Robert Abbott Suggested Readings Christopher C. De Santis, ed., Langston Hughes and the Chicago Defender: Essays on Race, Politics, and Culture, 1942-62 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1995). St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton, Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City, rev. and enl. ed. (1945; reprint, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993). James R. Grossman, Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989). Roi Ottley, The Lonely Warrior: The Life and Times of Robert S. Abbott (Chicago: H. Regnery Co., 1955). Patrick S. Washburn, A Question of Sedition: The Federal Government's Investigation of the Black Press during World War II (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986). “Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1868-1940).” New Georgia Encyclopedia. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3196&sug=y The Chicago Defender: http://www.chicagodefender.com/ African-American Registry: http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/robert-abbott- founder-chicago-defender Newspaper article about marker dedication: http://savannahnow.com/intown/2008-08-26/marker- honors-local-publishing-giant#.TrmnE3I1Rf0 Image Credits November 24, 1868: Robert Abbott Black Children Playing in Black-Belt Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USF33-005164-M5 Black Grocer in Black-Belt Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USF33-005142-M2 Black owned Diner, The Perfect Eat Shop Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USW3-001469-D Abbott, Robert S. “A Recapitulation of 25 Year Work”. Chicago Defender. May 3, 1930: A1. Real Times Inc. ProQuest Archiver. http://www.chicagodefender.com/ ”100 Negroes Murdered Weekly in United States by White Americans”. Chicago Defender. March 19, 1910: 1. Real Times Inc. ProQuest Archiver. http://www.chicagodefender.com/ Johnson, Joseph. “Lynching” Chicago Defender. November 7, 1942: 15. Real Times Inc. ProQuest Archiver. http://www.chicagodefender.com/ “Migration and Its Effect”. Chicago Defender. April 20, 1918: Editorial. Real Times Inc. ProQuest Archiver. http://www.chicagodefender.com/ “Mob Murder Must Stop”. Chicago Defender December 9, 1911: 1-2. Real Times Inc. ProQuest Archiver. http://www.chicagodefender.com/ Colored truck Farmer, FL, Highways and Byways of the South by Clifton Johnson, Main Collection, F 215 J66 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society Dipping Tar, SC Highways and Byways of the South by Clifton Johnson, Main Collection, F 215 J66 Courtesy of the Georgia Historical Society Linotype Operators of the Chicago Defender Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-01614 “Migration Plays Havoc in Georgia”. Chicago Defender June 23, 1923: 1. Real Times Inc. ProQuest Archiver. http://www.chicagodefender.com/ Mr. John Sengstacke- co-owner and GM of Chicago Defender Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USW3-000802-D Negro drinking at colored water cooler Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA OWI Collection, LC-DIG-fsa-8a26761 Newsboy selling the Chicago Defender Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USW3-000705-D Robert Abbot and Chicago Defender Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Sc 650.58-S_1223182_1923 Robert Abbott Courtesy of the New York Public Library, Sc 973-W_1219340_1922 Robert Abbott Courtesy of the New York Public Library, SC-CN-93-0342_1168426 _1927 Shopping in Black-Belt Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USF33-005133-M1 “Southern White People Waking up to Migration”. Chicago Defender Jun 23, 1923: 13. Real Times Inc. ProQuest Archiver. http://www.chicagodefender.com/ .