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Ajanaku</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Karanja A. Ajanaku</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">November 3, 1951<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1951-11-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a> 38103, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Newspaper_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Newspaper circulation">Circulation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4,373 weekly (as of 2011)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tsdmemphis.com">tsdmemphis<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Tri-State Defender</b></i> is a <a href="/wiki/Weekly_newspaper" title="Weekly newspaper">weekly</a> <a href="/wiki/African-American_newspaper" class="mw-redirect" title="African-American newspaper">African-American newspaper</a> serving <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a>, and the nearby areas of <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It bills itself as "The Mid-South's Best Alternative Newspaper". The <i>Defender</i> was founded in 1951 by <a href="/wiki/John_H._Sengstacke" title="John H. Sengstacke">John H. Sengstacke</a>, owner of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Defender" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Defender">Chicago Defender</a></i>. In 2013, the paper was locally purchased from <a href="/wiki/Real_Times_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Times Media">Real Times Media</a> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Tri-State_Defender_Board_of_Directors&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Tri-State Defender Board of Directors (page does not exist)">the Tri-State Defender Board of Directors</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tri-State_Defender&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sengstacke's <i>Chicago Defender</i> circulated widely across the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>, but Sengstacke in the early 1950s identified Memphis as a particularly attractive market, where several African-American newspapers had failed to take root and a startup would face only one competitor, <i>The Memphis World</i>, which had begun in 1931 (and would continue publishing until 1961).<sup id="cite_ref-Webb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 1951, Sengstacke and editor <a href="/wiki/Lewis_O._Swingler" class="mw-redirect" title="Lewis O. Swingler">Lewis O. Swingler</a>, the former editor of the <i>World</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-PaciniArt2008_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PaciniArt2008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> published the first edition of the <i>Tri-State Defender</i>, adopting the slogan "The South's Independent Weekly". The 20-page inaugural edition included "The <i>Tri-State Defender</i> Ten Point Program", consisting of vows "to broadcast to the world the achievements of all the citizens it serves", "to join hands with all citizens regardless of creed or color who wish to develop better human relations and to advance the principals of American Democracy", and "to uphold those Christian principles which under gird our republic", among others.<sup id="cite_ref-Webb_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Swingler served as editor in chief until 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-Jenkins2009_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins2009-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Editor <a href="/wiki/L._Alex_Wilson" title="L. Alex Wilson">L. Alex Wilson</a> and his <i>Tri-State Defender</i> journalists led coverage of the 1955 murder of <a href="/wiki/Emmett_Till" title="Emmett Till">Emmett Till</a>, an African-American teen from Illinois who was killed in Mississippi after allegedly flirting with a white woman. Their stories and photographs dominated both their own paper and the <i>Chicago Defender</i> for weeks,<sup id="cite_ref-GilesSnyder2001_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GilesSnyder2001-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the trial became a media sensation and landmark event in the Civil Rights Movement.<sup id="cite_ref-Webb_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Webb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson' s coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Rights Movement">Civil Rights Movement</a> had a more powerful editorial influence than its competitor, <i>The Memphis World</i>, on the Memphis black community.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Tri-State Defender</i> in its first 50 years was part of Sengstacke Enterprises Inc., a chain of prominent African-American publications, which in the 1990s included the flagship <i>Chicago Daily Defender</i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Chronicle" title="Michigan Chronicle">Michigan Chronicle</a></i> and the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Pittsburgh_Courier" title="New Pittsburgh Courier">New Pittsburgh Courier</a></i>. Following Sengstacke's death in 1997, the four-paper chain was held in a family trust until 2003, when it was sold for nearly $12 million to Real Times, a group of investors with several business and family ties to Sengstacke.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tri-State_Defender&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.verifiedaudit.com/reports.php">"Annual Audit Report, June 2011"</a>. 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class="mw-redirect" title="The Burning Spear Newspaper">The Burning Spear Newspaper</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carolina_Peacemaker" title="Carolina Peacemaker">Carolina Peacemaker</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carolinian_(newspaper)" title="The Carolinian (newspaper)">The Carolinian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Charleston_Chronicle" title="The Charleston Chronicle">The Charleston Chronicle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Charlotte_Post" title="The Charlotte Post">The Charlotte Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Christian_Recorder" title="The Christian Recorder">The Christian Recorder</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dallas_Weekly" title="The Dallas Weekly">The Dallas Weekly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Florida_Sentinel_Bulletin" title="Florida Sentinel Bulletin">Florida Sentinel Bulletin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Florida_Star" title="The Florida Star">The Florida Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Defender" title="Houston Defender">Houston Defender</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Houston_Forward_Times" title="Houston Forward Times">Houston Forward Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Advocate" title="Jackson Advocate">Jackson Advocate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jacksonville_Advocate" title="The Jacksonville Advocate">The Jacksonville Advocate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Free_Press" title="Jacksonville Free Press">Jacksonville Free Press</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Louisiana_Weekly" title="The Louisiana Weekly">The Louisiana Weekly</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Defender" title="Louisville Defender">Louisville Defender</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Miami_Times" title="The Miami Times">The Miami Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_Journal_and_Guide" title="New Journal and Guide">New Journal and Guide</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Orleans_Tribune" title="The 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style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Informant" title="Arizona Informant">Arizona Informant</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Lens_News" title="Black Lens News">Black Lens News</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Facts_(Seattle)" title="The Facts (Seattle)">The Facts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Sentinel" title="Los Angeles Sentinel">Los Angeles Sentinel</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Wave" title="Los Angeles Wave">Los Angeles Wave</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oakland_Post_(California)" title="Oakland Post (California)">Oakland Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portland_Observer_(Oregon)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portland Observer (Oregon)">Portland Observer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Post" title="Richmond Post">Richmond Post</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sacramento_Observer" title="The Sacramento Observer">The Sacramento Observer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_View" title="San Francisco Bay View">San Francisco Bay View</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seattle_Medium" title="Seattle Medium">Seattle Medium</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Skanner" title="The Skanner">The Skanner</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sun-Reporter" title="Sun-Reporter">Sun-Reporter</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Final_Call_(newspaper)" title="The Final Call (newspaper)">The Final Call</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Advocate_(Portland,_Oregon)" title="The Advocate (Portland, Oregon)">The Advocate</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Alaska_Spotlight" title="The Alaska Spotlight">The Alaska Spotlight</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Aliened_American" title="The Aliened American">The Aliened American</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Press" title="Arkansas State Press">Arkansas State Press</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athens_Blade" title="Athens Blade">Athens Blade</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athens_Republique" title="Athens Republique">Athens Republique</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Athens_Voice_(newspaper)" title="Athens Voice (newspaper)">Athens Voice</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Independent" title="Atlanta Independent">Atlanta Independent</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Dispatch" title="The Black Dispatch">The Black Dispatch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Panther_(newspaper)" title="The Black Panther (newspaper)">The Black Panther</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Times:_Voices_of_the_National_Community" title="Black Times: Voices of the National Community"><i>Black Times</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boston_Guardian" title="Boston Guardian">Boston Guardian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Broad_Ax" title="The Broad Ax">The Broad Ax</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/California_Eagle" title="California Eagle">California Eagle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Carolina_Times" title="The Carolina Times">The Carolina Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville-Albemarle_Tribune" title="Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune">Charlottesville-Albemarle Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bee" title="Chicago Bee">Chicago Bee</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chicago_Conservator" title="The Chicago Conservator">The Chicago Conservator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Whip" title="Chicago Whip">Chicago Whip</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Circuit_(newspaper)" title="The Circuit (newspaper)">The Circuit</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_City_Sun" title="The City Sun">The City Sun</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cleveland_Gazette" title="The Cleveland Gazette">The Cleveland Gazette</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colored_American_(Augusta,_Georgia)" title="The Colored American (Augusta, Georgia)">The Colored American (Augusta, Georgia)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colored_American_(New_York_City)" title="The Colored American (New York City)">The Colored American (New York City)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colored_American_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="The Colored American (Washington, D.C.)">The Colored American (Washington, D.C.)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Negro_Times" title="Daily Negro Times">Daily Negro Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Express" title="Dallas Express">Dallas Express</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Denver_Star" title="The Denver Star">The Denver Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Plaindealer" title="Detroit Plaindealer">Detroit Plaindealer</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Tribune" title="Detroit Tribune">Detroit Tribune</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Elevator_(newspaper)" title="The Elevator (newspaper)">The Elevator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Equator_(newspaper)" title="The Equator (newspaper)">The Equator</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freedom_(American_newspaper)" title="Freedom (American newspaper)">Freedom</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Freedom%27s_Journal" title="Freedom's Journal">Freedom's Journal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Frost_Illustrated" title="Frost Illustrated">Frost Illustrated</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gary_American" title="Gary American">Gary American</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harambee_(African_American_newspaper)" title="Harambee (African American newspaper)">Harambee</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Freeman" title="Indianapolis Freeman">Indianapolis Freeman</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Leader" title="Indianapolis Leader">Indianapolis Leader</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ink_(newspaper)" title="Ink (newspaper)">Ink</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iowa_Bystander" title="Iowa Bystander">Iowa Bystander</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Eagle_Eye" title="Jackson Eagle Eye">Jackson Eagle Eye</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louisianian_(newspaper)" title="Louisianian (newspaper)">Louisianian</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Louisville_Leader" title="Louisville Leader">Louisville Leader</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_McDowell_Times" title="The McDowell Times">The McDowell Times</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Memphis_Free_Speech" title="Memphis Free Speech">Memphis Free 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href="/wiki/New_National_Era" title="New National Era">New National Era</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_North_Star_(anti-slavery_newspaper)" title="The North Star (anti-slavery newspaper)">The North Star</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Appeal" title="Pacific Appeal">Pacific Appeal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_People%27s_Voice_(newspaper)" title="The People's Voice (newspaper)">The People's Voice</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Philadelphia_Independent_(1931%E2%80%931971)" title="The Philadelphia Independent (1931–1971)"><i>The Philadelphia Independent</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Courier" title="Pittsburgh Courier">Pittsburgh Courier</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Portland_New_Age" title="Portland New Age">Portland New Age</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Progressive_Era" title="The Progressive Era">The Progressive Era</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravenswood_Post_(Menlo_Park,_California)" title="Ravenswood Post (Menlo Park, 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title="Black Enterprise">Black Enterprise</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Issues_Book_Review" title="Black Issues Book Review">Black Issues Book Review</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BLK_(magazine)" title="BLK (magazine)">BLK</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clutch_(women%27s_magazine)" title="Clutch (women's magazine)">Clutch</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Colored_American_Magazine" title="The Colored American Magazine">The Colored American Magazine</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Crisis" title="The Crisis">The Crisis</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ebony_(magazine)" title="Ebony (magazine)">Ebony</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emerge_(magazine)" title="Emerge (magazine)">Emerge</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Essence_(magazine)" title="Essence (magazine)">Essence</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fader" title="The Fader">The Fader</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fire!!" title="Fire!!">Fire!!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/TheGrio" 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