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When it was established in 1940, The Crusader occupied a single page and was operated out of an apartment in the Ida B. Wells Homes on Chicago's South Side. [3] In this early period, it served as the official organ of the Negro Labor Relations League, [2] an organization established in 1937 to challenge the racial discrimination in employment in Chicago.
Chicago: Crusader: 1937 [17]? [17] Weekly [17] Distinct from the Chicago Crusader that was established 1940 as the New Crusader. Chicago: New Crusader / The Chicago Crusader: 1940 [20] current: Weekly: Published by Balm Leavell until 1968 and subsequently by Dorothy Leavell. [21] Official site; Chicago: Daily Times? [17]? [17] Daily: Chicago ...
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Other 103-degree days. July 21, 1901: “Yesterday was the hottest day Chicago ever has known. The thermometer made a pole-vault for the record, reached it at 2 o’clock, slipped back to get a ...
Chicago Herald-American, 1939–1958 (became Chicago's American) Chicago Herald-Examiner, 1918–39 (became Herald-American) Chicago Journal, 1844–1929 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News) Chicago Mail, 1885–1894; Chicago Morning News, 1881 (became Chicago Record) Chicago Morning Herald, 1893–1901 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Post, 1890 ...
In 1974, Lavender Woman reported that the Crusader had a large free circulation. [10] The paper operated a gay switchboard, 929-HELP, from Bergeron's basement. [10] In June 1976, Philadelphia Gay News reported that the Crusader would fold after issue 27, except for an annual wrap-up edition. [11]
The Crusader was created in 1931 by Lorado Taft. [2] In Chicago's historic Graceland Cemetery, it is a monument intended to memorialize Victor F. Lawson (1850–1925), the publisher of the Chicago Daily News. [2] The Chicago Daily News was founded by Melville E. Stone, Percy Meggy and William Dougherty in 1875. [3]