| "Don't buy where you can't work" | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | William C. Linton |
| Publisher | The Whip Publishing Company |
| Associate editor | Joseph Dandridge Bibb |
| Financier | Anthony Overton, Jesse Binga, and Oscar DePriest |
| Founded | June 24, 1919 |
| Ceased publication | 1939 |
| City | Chicago |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 65,000 (as of 1920) |
| ISSN | 2694-099X |
| OCLC number | 15192974 |
The Chicago Whip (sometimes referred to as simply The Whip) was an African American newspaper in Chicago from 1919 until 1939.[1]
History
In 1919, William C. Linton became the founding editor and publisher of the paper. Linton unexpectedly fell ill and died in March 1922[2] after which Joseph Dandridge Bibb (who previously served as a co-editor for the paper) took over. The paper's "Don't Spend Money Where You Can't Work" campaign advocated for the boycott of white-run businesses with racially discriminatory hiring practices, and the campaign led to over 15,000 Chicago blacks securing jobs.[3] The newspaper was The Chicago Defender's contemporary and rival. Within a year of its launch, The Whip had a circulation of 65,000. 185,000 copies of The Defender were in circulation at the time. The Whip survived until 1939.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Sadusky, Heather (July 2, 2014). "History Of Civil Rights In Chicago". CBS Chicago. CBS Broadcasting. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
- ↑ "WM C Llinton succumbs to illness – March 5, 1922" (PDF). Chronicling America via Library of Congress. Retrieved December 21, 2022.,
- ↑ "Early Chicago: The Black Press". interactive.wttw.com. WTTW. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ↑ "The Chicago Whip". National Endowment for the Humanities. ISSN 2694-099X. Retrieved February 9, 2023.