{"product_id":"9781328470249","title":"The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An extraordinary history…Deeply researched, elegantly written…a towering achievement that will not be soon forgotten.”—Brent Staples, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e “[This] epic, meticulously detailed account not only reminds its readers that newspapers matter, but so do black lives, past and present.”—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiving voice to the voiceless, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Defender\u003c\/i\u003e condemned Jim Crow, catalyzed the Great Migration, and focused the electoral power of black America. Robert S. Abbott founded \u003ci\u003eThe Defender\u003c\/i\u003e in 1905, smuggled hundreds of thousands of copies into the most isolated communities in the segregated South, becoming one of the first black millionaires in the process. His successor wielded the newspaper’s clout to elect mayors and presidents, including Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy, who would have lost in 1960 if not for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDefender\u003c\/i\u003e’s support. Drawing on dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, Ethan Michaeli constructs a revelatory narrative of race in America and brings to life the reporters who braved lynch mobs and policemen’s clubs to do their jobs, from the age of Teddy Roosevelt to the age of Barack Obama.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039174115568,"sku":"9781328470249","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781328470249_p0.jpg?v=1763707871","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781328470249","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}