Unidentified Man: (Singing) But ain't you glad...</s>Backup Singers: (Singing) Ain't that news.</s>ED GORDON, host: The Chicago Defender printed its first edition 100 years ago today.  The      black-owned daily became an institution in African-American communities,      circulating more than 200 copies a day throughout the North and the      South. Its contributors included a who's who of black Americans in      journalism and literature:  W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells, Walter White and      Langston Hughes. The paper's circulation has declined over the years, but      it remains an important source for what's happening in black America, so      we wish a happy centennial to The Chicago Defender.</s>Backup Singers: (Singing) Good news.</s>Unidentified Man: (Singing) That's good news.</s>Backup Signers: (Singing) Good news.</s>ED GORDON, host: This is NPR News.
The Chicago Defender printed its first edition 100 years ago Thursday. News & Notes salutes the black-owned daily newspaper on its centennial.