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.