The African American press
Subtitle: a history of news coverage during national crises, with special reference to four black newspapers, 1827-1965
By: Charles A. Simmons.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: African American press -- History.; African American newspapers -- History.; Press and politics -- United States.; United States -- Race relations -- History.
Description: Examines the Chicago Defender, the Pittsburgh Courier, the Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City), and the Jackson (Mississippi) Advocate and their coverage of national events. Details the beginnings of the black press, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Also examines the Great migration of blacks to the industrial north in the early twentieth century and World War I, followed by the black press response to World War II and the civil rights movement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-191) and index.