| "The Militant Voice of the People" | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Dorothy Leavell |
| Founder(s) | Balm L. Leavell, Jr. and Joseph H. Jefferson |
| Publisher | The Crusader Newspaper Group |
| Founded | 1940 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 6429 S. King Dr., Chicago, Illinois |
| City | Chicago |
| Sister newspapers | The Gary Crusader |
| OCLC number | 10405260 |
| Website | chicagocrusader |
| Free online archives | https://issuu.com/thecrusadernews |
The Chicago Crusader, known from 1940 to the 1950s as The Crusader and from the 1950s to 1981 as The New Crusader,[1] is a weekly African-American newspaper serving Chicago. It is one of two newspapers in the Crusader Newspaper Group, the other being the Gary Crusader.
Founded by Balm L. Leavell and Joseph H. Jefferson in 1940 and published by Balm Leavell until his death in 1968, The Chicago Crusader has subsequently been operated by his widow Dorothy Leavell. It is Chicago's longest-running African-American weekly.[2]