Portrait of American newspaper publishers John H Sengstacke and his uncle, Robert Sengstacke Abbott , the latter founder of the Chicago Defender...
Former president Harry Truman, Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke, and Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley, wave to the crowd as they ride on a...
American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke stands at the landmark for the 'Kinzie Mansion,' Chicago, Illinois, 1947. The 'mansion' , had been...
American singer and entertainer James Brown poses with a small group, among them newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke of the Chicago Defender and...
American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke smiles as model and actress Marva Louis , wife of boxer Joe Louis, adjusts his lapel flower, mid...
Group portrait of diners at 'Table 80' during an unspecified event, 1950. Among those pictured are American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke ,...
Group portrait that includes among others, American author Cyrus Colter , newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke , Civil Rights leader Roy Wilkins...
American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke presents an award to politician Hubert Humphrey, late 1940s or early 1950s.
Portrait of US President Harry S. Truman as he poses with a group of men, among them American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke , 1940s or 1950s.
Outside the offices of the Chicago Defender newspaper, American politician Henry Cabot Lodge Jr talks with various people, among them Defender...
View of American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke and his son Lewis during on the Selma to Montgomery marches held in support of voter rights,...
View of American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke and his son Lewis and others during on the Selma to Montgomery marches held in support of...
Groundbreaking ceremony for the Dearborn Homes public housing estate, Chicago, Illinois, 1948. Among the pictured group is American newspaper...
American politician and Democratic Party presidentianl nominee John F. Kennedy poses with an unidentified group of delegates at the Democratic...
Amid a crowd of baseball spectators, American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke attends an East-West All Star game in Comiskey Park, Chicago,...
American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke sits at a table with a group of unidentified men in the Rhumboogie Cafe nightclub, Chicago, Illinois,...
Portrait of, from left, American politician Representative William L. Dawson , singer and actress Eartha Kitt, and newspaper publisher John H....
American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke presents attorney Thurgood Marshall the Annual Robert S. Abbott Memorial Award plaque, May 8, 1954.
Portrait of American educator Edward J. Sparling , former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt , and newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke , 1951. Sparling...
American politician and Chicago Mayor Harold Washington talks with newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke and two unidentified men, 1980s.
View of the Chicago Defender newsroom, Chicago, Illinois, 1940s. Among the journalists pictured are music critic Theodore Charles Stone and Enoch P....
Portrait of the Hampton Quartet, among them American concert tenor and future newspaper publisher Robert Sengstacke Abbott , on the campus of the...
An operator shows a small tour group how to use a linotype machine in the Chicago Defender building, Chicago, Illinois, 1964
American politician and former athlete Ralph Metcalfe poses with Myrtle Sengstacke and an unidentified woman, 1960s. Metcalfe wears a campaign button...
President of Tanzania Julius Nyerere poses with American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke and his wife Myrtle Sengstacke , early 1960s.
An employee reads a distaptch from a teletype machine in the wire room of the Chicago Defender building, Chicago, Illinois, 1960s.
American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke smiles as he poses, next to an unidentified man, with two plaques, one United States Treasury Award...
American newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke and his wife Myrtle Sengstacke walk along a gangplank as they arrive in the Bahamas for the National...
American philanthropist Myrtle Sengstacke greets members Evelyn Shropshear and her daughters Lois and Doris, at the Snakes Club Debutante Ball,...
View of journalist Enoch Waters and editor Audrey Weaver, while at work in the Chicago Defender offices, Chicago, IL, mid twentieth century.
Group of unidentified women, wearing sashes and possibly contestants in a beauty contest, stand in front of the Chicago Defender building, Chicago,...
American botanist and educator George Washington Carver sits reading a copy of the Chicago Defender newspaper, while publisher John Henry Sengstacke...
Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke takes a closer look at some of the work performed at the Permanente Metals Coporation Shipyard, where...
Myrtle Sengstacke , ship sponsor, and wife of Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke, readies to launch the Liberty ship SS Robert S. Abbott ,...
Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke , left, shakes the hand of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson at the Afro-American Patrolmen's League...
Colorized portrait of Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke, during a Lake Michigan cruise, early to mid-twentieth century. In what may be a...
Publisher John H. Sengstacke and educator Mary McLeod Bethune , with a copy of the Chicago Defender, 1942. Ms. Bethune wrote a regular weekly public...
Portrait of future newspaper publisher John H. Sengstacke as he poses in the snow at the entrance gate to the Oakmere Hotel, Idlewild, Michigan,...
Portrait of a large group of unidentified people as they pose on the beach outside the Idlewild Club House, Idlewild, Michigan, September 1938....
Chicago Defender general manager Kenneth O. Wilson speaks with Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke during dinner at an unidentified event,...
Myrtle Sengstacke sits, front row third from left, with friends at a NAACP event held at the Cafe Society nightclub, New York, mid twentieth century....
Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke watches a welder working at the Permanente Metals Coporation Shipyard, where the liberty ship SS Robert...
Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke visits with workers at the Permanente Metals Coporation Shipyard, where the liberty ship SS Robert S....
Friends and family gather together to celebrate the fortieth birthday of Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstsacke , Chicago IL, November 1952....
View of the funeral of Robert Abbott, founder of the groundbreaking African American newspaper Chicago Defender, showing his nephew John H....
Group portrait showing the members of the track and field team at Hampton Institute , Hampton, VA, 1930. The publisher John H. Sengstacke, who was...
Portrait of a young John H Sengstacke, who became publisher of the Chicago Daily Defender, posing with his family members, left to right, sister...
View of the young John H. Sengstacke, sitting in the driver's seat of a parked sedan, while his cousin Gwen Thomas, and sister Flaurience Sengstacke...
Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke kisses the cheek of noted gospel singer Mahalia Jackson , at an unidentified event, Chicago, IL, mid...
Left to right, Eunice Kennedy Shriver , Chicago Defender publisher John H. Sengstacke , Myrtle Sengstacke , and Sargent Shriver gather together at an...
Portrait of American newspaper publisher John H Sengstacke , of the Chicago Defender paper, seated at his desk, Chicago, Illinois, 1940s.
