Chicago Defender Newspaper

Inception in 1906

• Carried birth, death and marriage info
• Names and addresses of individuals who were contestants in a contest
• World war draftees
• Sick List
• Elementary and high school graduates and school information
• Ads seeking information on lost relatives
• Youth who were members of the Bud Billiken Club
• Social column for Chicagoans, southern Illinois communities and other major cities in US