Draft:The Crusader (East St. Louis)
The Crusader (1942 - ca. 1978) was a newspaper published in East St. Louis for African Americans.
John Kirkpatrick, publisher, represented it at.. Further more clipping via Facebook] Noted here https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/31/archives/negroes-request-a-high-court-post-johnson-tells-publishers-he-hopes.html
1967 with other publishers and Lyndon Johnson. Address given 1660 Missouri in East St. Louis (very last page, page 18) http://www.lbjlibrary.net/assets/lbj_tools/daily_diary/pdf/1967/19670316.pdf https://www.loc.gov/item/sn89080009/
Kirkpatrick was at a rally protesting the lynching of Emmett Till and spoke with Till's mother Mamie Bradley.[1]
At the meeting but is he in this photo?
Henry Cockrell noted as publisher here page 29 address 4371 Finney St. https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0159/1669985.pdf
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[edit]- This draft is in progress as of October 10, 2023.