| Chicago Whip | |
| Motto: | "Don't buy where you can't work" |
| Type: | Weekly newspaper |
| Owners: | --> |
| Founder: | William C. Linton |
| Publisher: | The Whip Publishing Company |
| Assoceditor: | Joseph Dandridge Bibb |
| Maneditors: | --> |
| Custom Label: | Financier |
| Custom: | Anthony Overton, Jesse Binga, and Oscar DePriest |
| Ceased Publication: | 1939 |
| Publishing City: | Chicago |
| Publishing Country: | United States |
| Circulation: | 65,000 |
| Circulation Date: | 1920 |
| Issn: | 2694-099X |
| Oclc: | 15192974 |
The Chicago Whip (sometimes referred to as simply The Whip) was an African American newspaper in Chicago from 1919 until 1939.[1]
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]