Houston Defender
| Type | Weekly Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Founder(s) | C.F. Richardson Sr. |
| Publisher | Sonceria Messiah-Jiles |
| Editor | ReShonda Tate |
| Associate editor | Aswad Walker |
| Founded | 11 October 1930 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters |
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| Country | United States |
| Sister newspapers | Campus Defender |
| OCLC number | 14393467 |
| Website | defendernetwork |
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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]
See also[]
- Houston Forward Times
- African-American News and Issues
- History of the African-Americans in Houston
References[]
- ^ Cronin, Mary M. (July 2006). "C. F. Richardson and the Houston Informer's Fight for Racial Equality in the 1920s". American Journalism. American Journalism Historians Association. 23 (3): 79–103. doi:10.1080/08821127.2006.10678026. ISSN 0882-1127. OCLC 643888309.
- ^ Williams, L. V. (1 January 1935). "Teaching Negro Life and History in Texas High Schools". The Journal of Negro History. 20 (1): 13–18. doi:10.2307/2714418. ISSN 1548-1867. LCCN 2006-236700. OCLC 60628423.
- ^ Wilson, Ezell (Spring 2011). "Third Ward, Steeped in Tradition of Self-reliance and Achievement" (PDF). Houston History. Vol. 8 no. 2. University of Houston | Center for Public History. pp. 31–35. ISSN 2165-6614. LCCN 2008252253. OCLC 163568525. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b Kleiner, Diana J.: Houston Defender from the Handbook of Texas Online (17 July 2020). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "THE DEFENDER". Houston Media Hub. n.d. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
External links[]
- Official website
- Houston Defender from the Handbook of Texas Online
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