Bedingfield, Sid

Newspaper wars : civil rights and white resistance in South Carolina, 1935-1965 / Sid Bedingfield. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource. - The history of communication .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Early struggles -- A newspaper joins the movement -- A black political insurgency in the Deep South -- The white press and the Dixiecrat revolt -- An old warrior underestimates a new foe -- Massive resistance and the death of a black newspaper -- The paper curtain and the new GOP -- Color-blind conservatism and the great white switch -- Epilogue.



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McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987.


Civil rights movements--Press coverage--History--South Carolina--20th century.
African American newspapers--History--South Carolina--20th century.
Press and politics--History--South Carolina--20th century.
Racism in the press--South Carolina.


Electronic Books.

PN4897 / .N497 2017