Robert Sengstacke Abbott , founder and publisher of the Chicago Defender newspaper, walks down a Chicago street with his wife Helen, early twentieth...
Portrait of the Hampton Quartet, among them American concert tenor and future newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott , on the campus of the...
View of Robert Sengstacke Abbott and his wife Helen, at their house on 4847 Champlain Avenue, Chicago, IL, 1918. Sengstacke founded the Chicago...
Outside the original Chicago Defender building, newspaper founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott stands amidst bundles of donations to be given out as...
American newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott reads with two unidentified Chinese students at Chicago Defender building, Chicago, Illinois,...
Portrait of American newspaper publishers John H Sengstacke and his uncle, Robert Sengstacke Abbott , the latter founder of the Chicago Defender...
American newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott poses with honor students and faculty from Atlanta's Booker T. Washington High School, 1936.
Group portrait of various dignitaries at the Bud Billiken parade, Chicago, Illinois, 1934. Among those pictured are the parade's founder, American...
Businessman and founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper Robert Sengstacke Abbott sits in his office, 1933.
Outdoor portrait of, among many others, American newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott , politician Oscar de Priest , banker Jesse Binga , and...
American newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott delivers a speech from the porch of an unspecified building on the campus of the Hampton...
American newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott as he poses with unidentified others at Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, 1937.
American newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott poses with his wife Helen Thornton Morrison , and opera singer Roberta Dodd Crawford , Paris,...
Portrait of Dahomian 'Prince' Kojo Tovalou Houenou , his wife American opera singer Roberta Dodd Crawford , newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke...
Portrait of, from left, American Lieutenant Colonel Otis B. Duncan , newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott , politician Oscar de Priest , and...
Portrait of American newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott and his wife Helen Thornton Morrison , and Dahomian 'Prince' Kojo Tovalou Houenou...
Portrait of Dahomian 'Prince' Kojo Tovalou Houenou and his wife, American opera singer Roberta Dodd Crawford , American newspaper publisher Robert...
Robert Sengstacke Abbott sits in the driver's seat of the official car for the Fourth Liberty Loan drive, in support of America's efforts during...
Portrait of Robert Sengstacke Abbott , publisher and founder of the Chicago Defender, which came to be known as 'America's Black Newspaper', early...
Portrait of Robert Sengstacke Abbott , publisher and founder of the Chicago Defender, which came to be known as 'America's Black Newspaper', early...
President John F. Kennedy speaks with a group of business leaders, among them John H Sengstacke , publisher of the Chicago Daily Defender, and...
Portrait of Rebecca Sengstacke, sister of Chicago Defender founder Robert Sengstacke Abbott, in cap and gown, late nineteenth century.
African American singer Lena Horne at a panel interview at Bethune College in Daytona Beach, FLA, 1964.
African American singer Lena Horne at a panel interview at Bethune College in Daytona Beach, FLA, 1964.
African American singer Lena Horne at a panel interview at Bethune College in Daytona Beach, FLA, 1964.
African American singer Lena Horne at a panel interview at Bethune College in Daytona Beach, FLA, 1964.
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Popular American singing group The Jackson Five perform on stage at the International Ampitheatre as part of the Push Expo, Chicago, Illinois,...
Actor and activist Harry Belafonte speaks with fellow activists gathered in Montgomery, Alabama, in support of the Selma to Montgomery march, on the...
American singer and activist Harry Belafonte performs at the 'Stars for Freedom' rally, Montgomery, Alabama, March 24, 1965. The rally occured on the...
Portrait of the jazz drummer Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones , formerly of the Miles Davis Quintet, taken while performing at the Chicago club...
Portrait of the jazz drummer Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones , formerly of the Miles Davis Quintet, taken while performing at the Chicago club...
Portrait of the jazz drummer Joseph Rudolph "Philly Joe" Jones , formerly of the Miles Davis Quintet, taken while performing at the Chicago club...
Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner performs at the Jazz Showcase, a jazz club in the Printer's Row neighborhood of Chicago, 1970s.
Singer Aretha Franklin tilts her head back in a joyful pose, while singing and playing the piano during a concert at Chicago's Cook County Jail,...
Singer Aretha Franklin points to the audience while singing and playing the piano during a concert at Chicago's Cook County Jail, ca.1970s.
Portrait of blues musician Chester Arthur Burnett better known as Howlin' Wolf, posing with his guitar, during an interview for the Chicago Defender,...
Portrait of blues musician Chester Arthur Burnett better known as Howlin' Wolf, posing with his guitar, during an interview for the Chicago Defender,...
Group of top African American athletes from different sporting disciplines gather to give support and hear the boxer Muhammad Ali give his reasons...
At a meeting of the Negro Industrial and Economic Union organized by football great Jim Brown, a group of top African American athletes from...
Hall of Fame basketball player Oscar 'The Big O' Robertson, playing for the visiting Cincinnati Royals, shoots a free throw from the foul line,...
Actress Dorothy Dandridge addresses a crowd gathered to hear the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. During his first visit to Los Angeles, May 1963....
As he walks through O'Hare Airport, American Civil Righter leader and minister Jesse Jackson holds a copy of the Chicago Daily Defender newspaper,...
View of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington as he laughs in his hotel suite, San Francisco, CA, 1984. He found it amusing that a Chicago Defender...
View of the casket of assassinated Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., borne on a mule-drawn cart, during a massive funeral procession...
Boxers Ernie Terrell and Muhammad Ali stand next to each other in mock fighting poses during a pre-bout promotional event, probably in Houston, TX,...
Boxers Ernie Terrell and Muhammad Ali stand next to each other in mock fighting poses during a pre-bout promotional event, probably in Houston, TX,...
American Civil Rights leader Coretta Scott King speaks at the 'Stars for Freedom' rally; her husband, Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
American singer and activist Harry Belafonte performs at the 'Stars for Freedom' rally, Montgomery, Alabama, March 24, 1965. The rally occured on the...
