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About Robert Sengstacke Abbott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sengstacke_Abbott
Robert Sengstacke Abbott (November 24, 1870 – February 29, 1940) was an African-American lawyer and newspaper publisher/editor. Abbott is the founder of The Chicago Defender newspaper, which grew to have the highest circulation of any black-owned newspaper in the country. An early adherent of the Bahá'í religion in the United States, he founded the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic in 1929, which has developed as a celebration in Chicago of African-American life.
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Robert Sengstacke Abbott's Timeline
| 1870 |
November 24, 1870
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Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, United States
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| 1940 |
February 29, 1940
Age 69
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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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