Delano, Jack

Description

Photograph of John H. Sengstacke (right), part owner and general manager of the Chicago Defender, which was for decades the country's dominant African American newspaper. He stands in a newspaper printing room. An unidentified man stands on the left. They examine a newspaper. Both men wear suits.Sengstacke, a Savannah, Georgia native and nephew of Robert S. Abbott, assumed management of the Chicago Defender in 1940 upon the death of Abbott, who founded the newspaper in 1905. Sengstacke is pictured in March 1942 at the Defender's office in Chicago.

Record Contributed By

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia