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Robert Sengstacke Abbott (December 24, 1870 – February 29, 1940) [4] was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor. Abbott founded The Chicago Defender in 1905, which grew to have the highest circulation of any black-owned newspaper in the country.
The public defender system is not the only form of indigent defense program offered in the United States. Besides the public defender system, there are two other main alternatives: assigned-counsel system and contract-service system. [3] Assigned-counsel is where the court appoints a private lawyer to defend someone who cannot afford to pay. [3]
Robert Abbott Sengstacke (May 29, 1943 – March 7, 2017), also known as Bobby Sengstacke, was an African-American photojournalist during the Civil Rights Movement for the Chicago Defender in Chicago, Illinois. Sengstacke was well known for his famous portraits of Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent civil rights leaders. Sengstacke ...
While most such newspapers in Illinois have been local, some like the Chicago-based Chicago Defender and Muhammad Speaks have had a major national circulation and impact. National Black newspaper networks, including the Defender syndicate and Associated Negro Press, have also been headquartered in Chicago.
The Cook County Public Defender provides legal representation for indigent clients in the areas of felony and misdemeanor criminal cases, delinquency, abuse/neglect, some appeals, post-conviction and traffic (non-petty) cases when appointed by the Court throughout Cook County, Illinois, which includes Chicago. Currently, the Cook County Public ...
The Chicago Defender's editor and founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott played a major role in influencing the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North by means of strong, moralistic rhetoric in his editorials and political cartoons, the promotion of Chicago as a destination, and the advertisement of successful black individuals as inspiration for blacks in the ...
Elected in 1980, 1984, and 1988; resigned upon winning the 1989 Chicago mayoral special election. Cecil A. Partee: 1989–1990 Democratic: Appointed to replace Richard Daley, and lost the 1990 special election. Jack O'Malley: 1990–1996 Republican: Elected in 1990 (special election) and 1992. [11] Lost re-election in 1996. Richard A. " Dick ...
Chicago Defender Building. The Chicago Defender Building, located at 3435 S. Indiana Avenue in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District [1] of the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois, housed the Chicago Defender from 1920 until 1960. [2] Designed by Henry L. Newhouse, it was originally a synagogue. The building was designated a Chicago ...