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Against the Klan - A Newspaper Publisher in South Louisiana during the 1960s (Hardcover) Loot Price: R728
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Against the Klan - A Newspaper Publisher in South Louisiana during the 1960s (Hardcover): Lou Major

Against the Klan - A Newspaper Publisher in South Louisiana during the 1960s (Hardcover)

Lou Major; Afterword by Lou Major Jr.; Series edited by Robert Mann; Foreword by Stanley Nelson

Series: Media and Public Affairs

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In 1964, less than one year into his tenure as publisher of the Bogalusa Daily News, New Orleans native Lou Major found himself guiding the newspaper through a turbulent period in the history of American civil rights. Bogalusa, Louisiana, became a flashpoint for clashes between African Americans advocating for equal treatment and white residents who resisted this change, a conflict that generated an upsurge in activity by the Ku Klux Klan. Local members of the KKK stepped up acts of terror and intimidation directed against residents and institutions they perceived as sympathetic to civil rights efforts. During this turmoil, the Daily News took a public stand against the Klan and its platform of hatred and white supremacy. Against the Klan, Major's memoir of those years, recounts his attempts to balance the good of the community, the health of the newspaper, and the safety of his family. He provides an in-depth look at the stance the Daily News took in response to the city's civil rights struggles, including the many fiery editorials he penned condemning the KKK's actions and urging peaceful relations in Bogalusa. Major's richly detailed personal account offers a ground-level view of the challenges local journalists faced when covering civil rights campaigns in the Deep South and of the role played by the press in exposing the nefarious activities of hate groups such as the Klan.

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Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Media and Public Affairs
Release date: February 2021
Authors: Lou Major
Afterword by: Lou Major Jr.
Series editors: Robert Mann
Foreword by: Stanley Nelson
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 978-0-8071-7492-0
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
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LSN: 0-8071-7492-0
Barcode: 9780807174920

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