Journalism and Jim Crow - White Supremacy and the Black Struggle for a New America (Paperback)

Winner of the American Historical Association's 2022 Eugenia M. Palmegiano Prize. White publishers and editors used their newspapers to build, nurture, and protect white supremacy across the South in the decades after the Civil War. At the same time, a vibrant Black press fought to disrupt these efforts and force the United States to live up to its democratic ideals. Journalism and Jim Crow centers the press as a crucial political actor shaping the rise of the Jim Crow South. The contributors explore the leading role of the white press in constructing an anti-democratic society by promoting and supporting not only lynching and convict labor but also coordinated campaigns of violence and fraud that disenfranchised Black voters. They also examine the Black press's parallel fight for a multiracial democracy of equality, justice, and opportunity for all-a losing battle with tragic consequences for the American experiment. Original and revelatory, Journalism and Jim Crow opens up new ways of thinking about the complicated relationship between journalism and power in American democracy. Contributors: Sid Bedingfield, Bryan Bowman, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Kathy Roberts Forde, Robert Greene II, Kristin L. Gustafson, D'Weston Haywood, Blair LM Kelley, and Razvan Sibii

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The History of Media and Communication
Release date:	December 2021
Editors:	Kathy Roberts Forde • Sid Bedingfield
Foreword by:	Alex Lichtenstein
Contributors:	Sid Bedingfield • Bryan Bowman • W. Fitzhugh Brundage • Kathy Roberts Forde • Robert Greene • Kristin L Gustafson • D'Weston Haywood
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	360
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-08615-1
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-252-08615-5
Barcode:	9780252086151

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