African Americans and the Media

Name: African Americans and the Media
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ISBN: 9780745640365

ISBN-10: 0745640362

ISBN-13: 9780745640365

Edition: 2009

Authors: Catherine Squires

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List price: $61.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 9/4/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.82" wide x 9.75" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Catherine R. Squires is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Dispatches from the Color Line: The Press and Multiracial America .



Acknowledgements


Chronology of Events


Introduction - African Americans and the Mass Media



The Black Press



The Black Press in the 19th Century: From Slavery to Reconstruction



The Great Black Migration and the Growth of the Urban Black Press, 1910-1945



The Black Press, the Civil Rights Movement, and Beyond



Black Magazines in the 20th Century



Film



Mainstream Cinema and African Americans, 1900-1940s



From Servile to "Upstanding": Message films, Sidney Poitier, and Hollywood after WWII



Approaching a New Century: From Spike Lee to Direct-to-DVD



Radio and Recorded Music



Records and Race in the Early Years of Radio



Radio and Race: From World War II to Rock ‘n' Roll



Integrating Entertainment and Ownership in Music & Radio



Television and New Media



Black Faces in Small Places: Early television and Black Americans



Enter Cosby: A New Era of Black Presence on Television, 1984-1992



Black Entertainment Television and the Promise of Cable Diversity



African Americans and the New Media Environment: From Mass to Niche Media


Endnotes