Robert Sengstacke Abbott
Robert Sengstacke Abbott was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher and editor. Abbott founded The Chicago Defender in 1905, which grew to have the highest circulation of any black-owned newspaper in the country. An early adherent of the Baháʼí Faith in the United States, Abbott founded the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic in August 1929. The parade, which has developed into a celebration for youth, education and African–American life in Chicago, Illinois; Is the second largest parade in the United States.
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Male
Date of Birth
November 24th, 1870
Age
155
Birth Place
United States of America, Georgia
Date of Death
February 29th, 1940
Died Aged
69
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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