Roland Martin talks to the author of The Defender, Ethan Michaeli, about the legacy of the  Chicago newspaper and it’s role in American and…

H-Town

Meet Houston’s black press. With names like The Defender, The Sun and The Forward Times, these weeklies are both journalistic throwbacks — papers whose content directly reflects their owners’ views — and cutting-edge, hyper-local publications targeting the concerns of the city’s roughly half-million African-Americans.  Read More: