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'Chicago Defender' displays rare photographs

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Thursday, February 12, 2015
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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Rare photographs from the Chicago Defender archives were on display Wednesday night.

The event was the first of many leading up to the paper's anniversary this spring. A celebration is scheduled for May 8 at Harold Washington Library.

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