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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16446562-gettyimages-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-02-28T20:10:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

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Concluding our US Black History Month series on master photographers from gettyarchive, today we explore the life & family of photojournalist Robert Abbott Sengstacke.⁠⠀
Born into a publishing dynasty, “Bobby” was the great-nephew of Robert Sengstacke Abbott, the founder of the Chicago Defender newspaper. Established in 1905, the title’s coverage of the Jim Crow era influenced the Great Migration of African American citizens out of the rural Southern states where racial discrimination was most prevalent.⁠⠀
Taken on by Bobby’s father, John H. Sengstacke, in 1940, the weekly paper actively campaigned against segregation & became a daily edition in 1956, coinciding with the gathering pace of the civil rights movement. A publishing giant, Sengstacke also formed what is now known as the National Newspaper Publishers Association, bringing together black publishers from across the US.⁠⠀
Born in 1943, Bobby Sengstacke was noted for his civil rights reportage & memorable portraits of icons Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali. Freelancing at the family titles, his work was also seen on the pages of Muhammad Speaks, the Washington Post, and magazines LIFE, Ebony & Jet.⁠⠀
Continuing to shoot during his tenure as editor at the Memphis Tri-State Defender in the ‘70s & ‘80s, Sengstacke created a unique body of work in his comprehensive coverage of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago.⁠⠀
You can explore both Sengstacke’s own archive & the Sengstacke Family Papers collection on gettyimages.com. Scroll through here for Sengstacke’s images of Jesse Jackson & the Chicago West Side Riots in the wake of MLK’s assassination, 1968, and his portrait of Mitchell Caton next to the artist’s 'Universal Alley/Rip-off' mural in 1974. Next, a glimpse into the Chicago Defender newsroom in 1945, the launch of the Liberty ship SS Robert S. Abbott in 1944, and Defender paper boys in 1982.⁠⠀
📷: Robert Abbott Sengstacke/The Abbott Sengstacke Family Paper/Getty Images | #gettyarchive⁠⠀
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