The black press.

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The author discusses the history development of the African American press, arguing that the black press emerged as a response to a series of events and injustices that compelled freeborn post-Revolutionary African Americans to give collective voice to their grievances and aspirations. Wilson traces...

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Main Author: Wilson, Clint C.
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor, Mich. : ProQuest Information and Learning, 2006.
Subjects:
African American press > History.
African American newspapers > History.
African American journalists.
Journalism > Social aspects > United States.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Harlem Renaissance.
World War, 1939-1945 > Journalism.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
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Format: Electronic Book
Contents:
  • The beginning
  • Pre-Civil War expansion
  • Civil War and Reconstruction
  • Early 20th century challenges
  • Harlem Renaissance to World War II
  • The Civil Rights era: 1945-1979
  • 1980s and into the 21st century.