African American Foreign Correspondents: A History

Name: African American Foreign Correspondents: A History
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ISBN: 9780807150542

ISBN-10: 0807150541

ISBN-13: 9780807150542

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jinx Coleman Broussard

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Though African Americans have served as foreign reporters for almost two centuries, their work remains virtually unstudied. In this seminal volume, Jinx Coleman Broussard traces the history of black participation in international newsgathering. Beginning in the mid-1800s with Frederick Douglass and Mary Ann Shadd Cary the first black woman to edit a North American newspaper African American Foreign Correspondents highlights the remarkable individuals and publications that brought an often-overlooked black perspective to world reporting. Broussard focuses on correspondents from 1840 to modern day, including reporters such as William Worthy Jr., who helped transform the role of modern foreign…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 280
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Genesis



Changing Landscape: No Longer an Individual Endeavor



The Quest to Cover Our Fighting Men



Compelled to Scour the World: The Interwar Years



Robert Abbott Finds a Racial Paradise



The 1930s: A Defining Decade



Getting the Inside Information: The Italian-Ethiopian War



A Racialized View of the Spanish Civil War



World War II: The Fight for the Right



Spotlight on Africa



Tan Yanks in an Integrated Military



Defiance in the Name of Press Freedom



Vietnam: A Turning Point



In the Mainstream: Africa and Beyond


Epilogue


Notes


Index