Ormes moved to Chicago in 1942, and soon began writing occasional articles and, briefly, a social column for the Chicago Defender, one of the nation's leading black newspapers, a weekly at that time.
The most influential African American literature to circulate in Longview was The Chicago Defender, a weekly newspaper with nationwide coverage and circulation.
Robert Sengstacke Abbott founded the Chicago Defender in 1905, billing it the "World's Greatest Weekly".
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