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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.
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, 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 a must for those interested in
African-American cultural history. 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.
This anthology of journalism history brings together essays on the
early Black press, pioneer Jewish journalism, Spanish-language
newspapers, Native American newspapers, woman suffrage, peace
advocacy, and Chinese American and Mormon publications. It shows
how marginal groups developed their own journalism to counter the
prejudices and misconceptions of the white establishment press. The
essays address the important questions of freedom of expression in
religious matters as well as the domains of race and gender.
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