The Chicago World
former weekly African-American newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, U.S
The Chicago World was a weekly African-American newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, on Saturdays from 1918 to 1953.
History
The paper was established by Jacob R. Tipper of Bainbridge, Georgia. Mrs. Stella M. Tipper, his wife, also played an important role in the management of the paper. The May 7, 1949 issue described her as having “mothered the paper through many trying experiences.” The Tippers moved to Chicago from Georgia around 1908, opening a grocery store and market soon after their arrival.
Though he regularly ran for office every election, he just as regularly lost, and Jacob Tipper never occupied paid public office. He was nonetheless prominent among Bronzeville politicians, an active member of the Republican party, and somewhat notorious for his "self-interest and unscrupulous dealing". He was elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention and was a protégé of Edward Herbert Wright in Chicago’s Second Ward.
In 1918, Tipper began the newspaper as the Chicago Enterprise, which was later renamed the Chicago World in 1928. The World described its platform thusly:
Fight against the words Negro, Nigger, and Negress.
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