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The Early Black Press in America, 1827 to 1860 (Hardcover)
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The Early Black Press in America, 1827 to 1860 (Hardcover)
Series: Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies: Contemporary Black Poets
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Denied its true place in history, the pre-Civil War black press was
a forward looking, socially responsible press. Through her analysis
of the content of black newspapers and magazines from the 1830s to
the 1860s, Frankie Hutton not only presents a prism through which
to view the social origins of black journalism in America, but also
examines how this little-known ethnic press interfaced with the
whole of journalism during the "dark ages" of the profession. This
revisionist evaluation is intended for students, experts, and
journalists dealing with ethnic and American studies, especially
those interested in African-American cultural history. The black
press gives trenchant witness to what middle-class free men and
women of color thought and did in their own words. The columns of
the newspapers and magazines revealed how middle-class blacks were
engaged in significant community-building and humanitarian
activities. The fledgling black newspapers and magazines, of which
only seventeen are now extant for study, sought idealistically to
uplift and vindicate blacks as well as to help them assimiliate
into mainstream America. This study analyzes the problems, beliefs,
and work of black editors and then discusses their idealistic
messages relating to such issues as women, youth, style, social
mobility, and morality. An appendix lists the newspapers and
journals under study, and the bibliography points to important
primary and secondary source materials. This revisionist evaluation
describes the problems, beliefs, and general outlook of leading
middle-class blacks over more than three decades prior to the Civil
War.
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