| Description |
xvii, 344 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimile, map, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The history of communication |
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History of communication.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Journalism and the world it built / Sid Bedingfield and Kathy Roberts Forde -- Part One : The contested New South. Architect of the New South / Kathy Roberts Forde ; Fight for a new America / D'Weston Haywood -- Part Two : Racial terror and disfranchisement. The press and lynching / W. Fitzhugh Brundage ; Mississippi plan / Robert Greene II -- Part Three : Building the Solid South. Populist insurgency, Alabama / Sid Bedingfield ; Tillman's rebellion, South Carolina / Sid Bedingfield ; Death of democracy, North Carolina / Kristin L. Gustafson ; Convict wars, Tennessee / Razvan Sibii ; Tourist empires, Florida / Kathy Roberts Forde and Bryan Bowman -- Part Four : Measuring the cost. Silencing a generation / Blair LM Kelley -- Epilogue : Journalism and the world to come / Kathy Roberts Forde and Sid Bedingfield. |
| 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. This book 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. This book opens up new ways of thinking about the complicated relationship between journalism and power in American democracy. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Journalism -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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Journalism -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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American newspapers -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
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American newspapers -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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African American newspapers -- History -- 19th century.
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African American newspapers -- History -- 20th century.
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Journalism -- Political aspects -- Southern States.
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Racism in the press -- Southern States.
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African American newspapers. (OCoLC)fst00799278
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American newspapers. (OCoLC)fst00807293
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Journalism. (OCoLC)fst00984032
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Journalism -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00984078
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Racism in the press. (OCoLC)fst01086668
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Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Forde, Kathy Roberts, editor.
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Bedingfield, Sid, editor.
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Lichtenstein, Alexander C., writer of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Journalism and Jim Crow Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021] 9780252053047 (DLC) 2021016885 |
| ISBN |
9780252086151 (paperback) |
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0252086155 (paperback) |
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9780252044106 (hardcover) |
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025204410X (hardcover) |
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9780252053047 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
40030931448 |
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