african american press

"Many . . . Americans, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Frederick Douglass, had ties to newspapers that advocated for equal rights, discussed issues central to the lives of African Americans, and reported on stories the mainstream press refused to cover. The legacy of the African American press is one that carries on. This . . . volume reveals the black press's role in the abolition of slavery, the establishment of civil rights, desegregation, and the fight against racism and prejudice"--Provided by publisher.

"Many . . . Americans, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Frederick Douglass, had ties to newspapers that advocated for equal rights, discussed issues central to the lives of African Americans, and reported on stories the mainstream press refused to cover. The legacy of the African American press is one that carries on. This . . . volume reveals the black press's role in the abolition of slavery, the establishment of civil rights, desegregation, and the fight against racism and prejudice"--Provided by publisher.

An account of the African-American press from the first African-American newspaper to the integration of African-American journalists into the mainstream of American journalism.

This book traces the history of the Black press in the United States, from Freedom's Journal, the country's first black newspaper published from 1827 to 1829, to the founding of the National Association of Black Journalists in 1975.