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African-American newspaper established in 1930 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Houston Defender is an African-American newspaper published weekly in Houston, Texas. The newspaper was established October 11, 1930 by C. F. Richardson Sr., who was also publisher of the Houston Informer.[1] The Defender served as a community advocate in the pre-Civil Rights era with a focus on equal rights, improved high school curricula and anti-lynching laws.[2][3]
Richardson died in 1939, and his son, C. F. Richardson Jr., took over the newspaper.[4] Sonceria Messiah-Jiles purchased the newspaper in 1981. The 2008 readership was 60,000.[5]
In 1993 the bi-monthly Campus Defender was created for a younger audience; its contributors are middle and high school students. The publication moved online in 2008.[4]
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