Left of Black S13 · E10 | E. James West on the Black Press of Chicago

Chicago became a hub for African American cultural production and journalism with the ascent of such titanic enterprises like The Chicago Defender and Johnson Publishing, Inc., responsible for printing JET and Ebony magazines. Just how far a reach did these companies, and the people who ran them, have into the Black communities in the Windy City and beyond? Historian Dr. E. James West joins Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Dr. Mark Anthony Neal, to discuss his latest book, A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago, published by University of Illinois Press.