Journalism and Jim Crow : white supremacy and the Black struggle for a new America /
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 an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Urbana :
University of Illinois Press,
[2021].
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| Series: | History of communication.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 344 pages, [10] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780252086151 0252086155 9780252044106 025204410X |