Chicago Defender ends print edition (2019)

CTL-E-4634 · Event · closing · 2019

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Final print edition of the Chicago Defender published July 10, 2019; the paper continued as an online-only publication under publisher Real Times Media.

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Smithsonian Magazine — 'The Chicago Defender, to Release Its Last Print Issue' (2019-07-09)

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