The Michigan Chronicle is a weekly African-American run newspaper based in Detroit, Michigan. It was founded in 1936 by John Sengstacke, owner of the Chicago Defender. The first editor was Louis Martin, whom Sengestacke sent to Detroit on June 6, giving him a $5.00 raise above his $15-per-week salary at the Chicago Defender, $10 in cash and a one-way bus ticket. The Sengestacke chain of papers would later also include the Pittsburgh Courier and the Tri-State Defender in Tennessee.
The Chronicles first issue had a circulation of 5,000 copies. In 1944, long-time publisher Longworth Quinn joined Martin at the Chronicle. The paper is considered to have "arrived" at this point.
Originally located at 1727 St. Antoine, the Michigan Chronicle is now located at 479 Ledyard. The current publisher is Sam Logan. He'd left the Chronicle in the early 2000s to start a new paper, the Michigan FrontPage. Logan subsequently returned, bringing the FrontPage with him. It's now published as a sister paper to the Chronicle.- Source: The Michigan Chronicle newspaper.
James Ingram of the Michigan Chronicle was one of several negotiators involved in the Attica Prison Riots in September 1971.
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