D. Elisabeth Glassco on Nostr: Despite facing threats from the Ku Klux Klan, who tried to seize the paper's bundles ...
Despite facing threats from the Ku Klux Klan, who tried to seize the paper's bundles and intimidate its readers, the Chicago Defender gained significant popularity among black communities, particularly in the slave South. It eventually outsold its main rivals and expanded its distribution to 71 cities and towns by 1916.
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