- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Abbott Historical Marker
- Date of Original:
- 2008
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Savannah
Editors--Georgia--Savannah
African American editors--Georgia--Savannah
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Savannah
Georgia Historical Commission
Historic sites--Georgia--Savannah - People:
- Abbott, Robert S. (Robert Sengstacke), 1868-1940
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Georgia Historical Society erected a historical marker at the site of newspaper editor Robert S. Abbott's childhood home in Savannah on August 26, 2008. In 1905 Abbott founded the Chicago Defender, which quickly became one of the most important Black newspapers in the first half of the twentieth century.
Photograph of a historical marker at the site of newspaper editor Robert S. Abbott's childhood home in Savannah, Georgia, which was erected by the Georgia Historical Society on August 26, 2008. In 1905 Abbott founded the Chicago Defender, which quickly became one of the most important black newspapers in the first half of the twentieth century.
The Georgia Historical Commission was the earliest statewide force for historic preservation in Georgia; the advent of the commission was the first time state government, rather than a private organization, became involved in historic preservation. One of the commission's major works was erecting some 1,800 historical markers. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/robert-sengstacke-abbott-1868-1940/m-10937/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/robert-sengstacke-abbot-boyhood-home-founder-of-the-chicago-defender/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Historical Society
Georgia Historical Society - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/robert-sengstacke-abbott-1868-1940
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Historical Marker Program - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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