Robert Sengstacke Abbott | |
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 Abbott circa 1919 | |
| Born | December 24, 1870 St. Simons, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | February 29, 1940 (aged 69)[1] Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lincoln Cemetery (Blue Island, Illinois) |
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| Years active | 1901–1940 |
| Known for | Founder and publisher of The Chicago Defender newspaper and the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic |
| Spouses | Helen Thornton Morrison
(m. 1918; div. 1933)Edna Brown Denison (m. 1934) |
| Relatives | John H. Sengstacke (nephew)[2][3] Robert A. Sengstacke (great–nephew) |
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.
Abbott founded the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic in August 1929. The parade, which has developed into a celebration for youth, education and African–American life in Chicago, Illinois, is the second largest parade in the United States.[5]
- ^ "Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1870–1940)". January 21, 2007.
- ^ "Chicago Defender – John Sengstacke". Archived from the original on November 18, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ "Abbott, Robert S. – John H. Sengstacke Family Papers". www.chipublib.org.
- ^ "Robert Sengstacke Abbott-The Chicago Defender". www.pbs.org.
- ^ Rutkoff, Peter M.; Scott, William B (2004). "Pinkster in Chicago: Bud Billiken and The Mayor of Bronzeville, 19030-1945". The Journal of African American History. 89 (4): 15. doi:10.2307/4134057. JSTOR 4134057. S2CID 144348141 – via JSTOR.