[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 79 (Thursday, May 21, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E786]
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TRIBUTE TO PUBLISHER DOROTHY LEAVELL AND THE CHICAGO CRUSADER NEWSPAPER 
                      ON ITS 75TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. DANNY K. DAVIS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 21, 2015

  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, the Chicago Crusader 
Newspaper is celebrating its 75th year Anniversary with a festive gala 
on June 5th, 2015 at the Loews Chicago Hotel and I take this 
opportunity to commend and congratulate them for 75 years of pleading 
the cause for Black America. To maintain itself for 75 years as a free 
and independent Black oriented publication is indeed a great business 
accomplishment.
  The Chicago Crusader's mission has not changed since it was 
established by Mrs. Leavell's late husband, Balm M. Leavell and his 
late partner Mr. Joseph H. Jefferson. The Chicago Crusader was founded 
in 1940, was published in the Ida B. Wells Housing Development and 
financed with donations.
  Mrs. Dorothy Leavell has worked at the Crusader for more than fifty 
years and has been editor and publisher, for forty-seven years since 
the death of her late husband. The Chicago Crusader Newspaper and Mrs. 
Dorothy Leavell affectionately know to ``tell it like it is''. In 1941, 
the Chicago Crusader acquired the Gary Crusader and they are recognized 
as one of Chicago and Gary's most successful Black owned business 
enterprises.
  The Chicago/Gary Crusader maintains its roots in the heart of the 
Black community with its headquarters being located in the 6400 Block 
of South King Drive in Chicago. Mrs. Dorothy Leavell is a stalwart 
member and leader of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, has 
served as Chairman of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, is a 
patron of the Arts and a Crusader for Civil Rights, equal opportunity 
and equal justice for all.
  We salute you Chicago/Gary Crusader, we salute you Mrs. Dorothy 
Leavell, may you and the Crusader forever live.

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