Chicago Defender Building

CTL-E-0227 · Address · 1920–1960

Verified evidence grade of this record

Building at 3435 S. Indiana Ave that housed the Chicago Defender newspaper, 1920–1960.

The record

Also known as: 3435 South Indiana Avenue

Relationships

Douglas — located in
The Chicago Defender Building at 3435 S. Indiana Avenue, home of the Defender newspaper from 1920 to 1960, stands in the Douglas community area.

Sources

Historical Marker Database: Chicago Defender Building
Chicago Literary Hall of Fame: Chicago Defender Building

Record CTL-E-0227 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: PLACE-001, BCI-001.
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Door of the historic Chicago Defender Building, ChicagoPhoto: TonyTheTiger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Press room of the Richmond Planet newspaper, 1899Photo: Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Gwendolyn Brooks, portraitPhoto: John Mathew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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