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Tell It True (Paperback)
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Tell It True (Paperback)
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An African American serviceman is gunned down on a rural Georgia
road in July 1964. This shocking murder ensnares a wide range of
characters including the journalists who cover it, the lawmen who
must solve it, the civil rights leaders who capitalize upon it, the
politicians who exploit it, and the Atlanta magnate who fears its
impact on the New South image he desperately wants to protect. TV
news cameraman Gil Matthews and AP reporter Mindy Williams team up
to follow the twists and turns of the murder investigation as
rural, state, and federal lawmen clash, a civil rights leader fends
off a black power challenger, and voters take sides in a governor's
race pitting virulent racist Roscoe Pike against moderate underdog
Harrison Parker. Focusing on the challenges faced by journalists as
they covered a societal revolution and brought the dramatic and
sometimes violent scenes to television screens around the world
night after night, Tell it True takes us to a time when the future
of the South hung in the balance. Readers will no doubt recognize
that many of those same troubles are still with us today. Veteran
journalist John Pruitt bases the story on his experiences over
fifty years as a television news reporter and anchor in Atlanta,
Georgia. ""There were many momentous stories I covered during my
career,"" says Pruitt, ""but none equaled the magnitude of the
struggles for racial equality in the South.
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Imprint: |
Mercer University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2022 |
Authors: |
John Pruitt
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Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
255 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-88146-867-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
0-88146-867-3 |
Barcode: |
9780881468670 |
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