Race news : black journalists and the fight for racial justice in the twentieth century /
Fred Carroll.
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
- The history of communication .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: political pressures and black newswriting -- "Negro subversion": solidifying a militant press -- Enter the "new crowd" journalists -- Popular fronts and modern presses -- The "new crowd" goes global -- "Questionable leanings": the "new crowd" driven out -- Black power assaults the black newspaper -- Into the white newsroom -- Epilogue: a crusade into the digital age.
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African American press--History--20th century. Civil rights movements--Press coverage--History--United States--20th century. Racism in the press--United States. African American journalists--History--20th century. Press and politics--United States.