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The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation

Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff

How did reporters at black newspapers, Southern editors and national papers shape what America saw of the civil rights struggle?

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At a glance

Author
Gene Roberts, Hank Klibanoff

Why read it

  • You will see how newspapers and magazines can push or slow social change by choosing what to cover
  • You will learn how black newspapers and magazines covered what the white press missed
  • You will understand how Southern editors split between massive resistance and moderation, and what that meant for readers

Who it is for

  • A journalist asking what coverage can and cannot change
  • A reader of civil rights history who wants the media story
  • A student of how public opinion shifts

Contents

  1. CHAPTER 1
  2. CHAPTER 2
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. CHAPTER 4
  5. CHAPTER 5
  6. CHAPTER 6
  7. CHAPTER 7
  8. CHAPTER 8
  9. CHAPTER 9
  10. CHAPTER 10
  11. CHAPTER 11
  12. CHAPTER 12
  13. CHAPTER 13
  14. CHAPTER 14
  15. CHAPTER 15
  16. CHAPTER 16
  17. CHAPTER 17
  18. CHAPTER 18
  19. CHAPTER 19
  20. CHAPTER 20
  21. CHAPTER 21
  22. CHAPTER 22
  23. CHAPTER 23

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