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The African American Press: A History of News Coverage During National Crises, With Special Reference to Four Black...
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by Charles A. Simmons
Sales Rank: 2030878
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Cover Type: Hard Cover
Published by: McFarland & Company December 1997
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 078640387X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0786403875
Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 13.6 ounces
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Of the 4,000 or so black-owned newspapers that Simmons informs us have existed in American history, he selects four well-known publications for detailed analysis. They are the Chicago Defender, Pittsburgh Courier, (Oklahoma City) Black Dispatch, and Jackson (Mississippi) Advocate. Following a summary of the black press in the termination and Reconstruction eras, the author jumps into the four papers' editorial philosophies in the 1910s and 1920s, the start of the great northward migration, instigated, some say, by the Defender. Throughout the history of black journalism, argues Simmons, the large question was what balance should be struck between militancy and accommodation, and what balance between sensationalism and straight news. During World War II, the uncompromising Courier became the top-circulating newspaper. Simmons concludes with the four papers' reporting of the civil rights movement, in which the Advocate comes off poorly, having possibly been bribed into advocacy for the segregationist status quo. A pricey book, but one covering an important aspect of black history. Gilbert Taylor
Choice
"looks at the editorial philosophy of the African American press. A useful purchase"
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