The Michigan Chronicle is a weekly African-American run newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 based in Detroit, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...

. It was founded in 1936 by John Sengstacke, owner of the Chicago Defender

Chicago Defender

The Chicago Defender is a Chicago based newspaper founded in 1905 by an African American for primarily African American readers.In just three years from 1919–1922 the Defender also attracted the writing talents of Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks....

. The first editor was Louis E. Martin

Louis E. Martin

Louis Emanuel Martin, Jr. was a renowned American Journalist, newspaper publisher, civil rights activist and advisor to three Presidents of the United States. Through his pioneering political activism during the civil rights era, he came to be known as the “Godfather of Black Politics.”-Early...

, whom Sengestacke sent to Detroit on June 6, giving him a $5.00 raise above his $15-per-week salary at the Chicago Defender, $10 in cash and a one-way bus ticket. The Sengestacke chain of papers would later also include the Pittsburgh Courier

Pittsburgh Courier

The Pittsburgh Courier was an American newspaper published in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which was published from 1907 to 1965. Once the country's most widely circulated Black newspaper, the legacy and influence of the Pittsburgh Courier is unparalleled.A pillar of the Black Press, it rose...

 and the Tri-State Defender in Tennessee.

The Chronicles first issue had a circulation of 5,000 copies. In 1944, long-time publisher Longworth Quinn joined Martin at the Chronicle. The paper is considered to have "arrived" at this point.

Originally located at 1727 St. Antoine, the Michigan Chronicle is now located at 479 Ledyard. The current publisher is Sam Logan. He'd left the Chronicle in the early 2000s to start a new paper, the Michigan FrontPage. Logan subsequently returned, bringing the FrontPage with him. It's now published as a sister paper to the Chronicle.- Source: The Michigan Chronicle newspaper.

James Ingram

James Ingram

James Ingram is an American soul musician. He is best known as a vocalist. He is also a self-taught musician who plays piano, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards...

 of the Michigan Chronicle was one of several negotiators involved in the Attica Prison Riots

Attica Prison riots

The Attica Prison riot occurred at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, United States in 1971. The riot was based in part upon prisoners' demands for better living conditions...

in September 1971.