Newspaper Wars

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advocacy journalism
African America media history
African American history
African Americans and journalism
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black press
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civil rights
civil rights and the black press
civil rights politics in South Carolina
conservative narratives of race
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examples of African American newspapers
history of advocacy journalism in the South
John McCray and the civil rights movement
John McCray and the Lighthouse and Informer
journalism and the civil rights movement
journalism history
journalism in South Carolina
journalism's role in social change
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Lighthouse and Informer
massive resistance campaign and journalism
media history
newspapers and Jim Crow
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partisan journalism
political action by the media
political journalism
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pro-segregation media
pro-segregation newspapers
progressive journalism
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South Carolina history
southern politics

Product details

  • ISBN 9780252082788
  • Weight: 399g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Aug 2017
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Against all odds, the seeds of social change found purchase in mid-twentieth century South Carolina. Newspaperman John McCray and his allies at the Lighthouse and Informer challenged readers to "rebel and fight"--to reject the "slavery of thought and action" and become "progressive fighters" for equality. Newspaper Wars traces the role journalism played in the fight for civil rights in South Carolina from the 1930s through the 1960s. Moving the press to the center of the political action, Sid Bedingfield tells the stories of the long-overlooked men and women on the front lines of a revolution. African American progress sparked a battle to shape South Carolina's civic life, with civil rights activists arrayed against white journalists determined to preserve segregation through massive resistance. As that strategy failed, white newspapers turned to overt political action and crafted the still-prevalent narratives that aligned southern whites with the national conservative movement. A fascinating portrait of a defining time, Newspaper Wars analyzes the role journalism played--and still can play--during times of social, cultural, and political change.
Sid Bedingfield is an assistant professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Minnesota.