The Race Beat - The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation (Paperback)

An unprecedented examination of how news stories, editorials and photographs in the American press--and the journalists responsible for them--profoundly changed the nation's thinking about civil rights in the South during the 1950s and '60s.
Roberts and Klibanoff draw on private correspondence, notes from secret meetings, unpublished articles, and interviews to show how a dedicated cadre of newsmen--black and white--revealed to a nation its most shameful shortcomings that compelled its citizens to act. Meticulously researched and vividly rendered, "The Race Beat" is an extraordinary account of one of the most calamitous periods in our nation's history, as told by those who covered it.

General

Imprint:	Random House USA Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	September 2007
Authors:	Gene Roberts • Hank Klibanoff
Dimensions:	201 x 132 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	518
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-73565-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > History > American history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	0-679-73565-8
Barcode:	9780679735656

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