Abbott started his journalism career as a printer's apprentice. Disheartened by racial discrimination in the industry, he started his own newspaper, the Chicago Defender, in 1905. (Source: Abbott-Sengstacke Family Papers, Box 19, Photo 1491, Harsh Research Collection, Chicago Public Library)
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