The African American Press

The African American Press

by Charles A. Simmons

1997
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Examines the Chicago Defender, the Pittsburgh Courier, the Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City), and the Jackson (Mississippi) Advocate and their coverage of national events. Details the beginnings of the black press, focusing on how they reported the anti-slavery movement, the Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Also examines the Great migration of blacks to the industrial north in the early twentieth century and World War I, followed by the black press response to World War II and the civil rights movement.

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