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Radio and the struggle for civil rights in the South / by Brian Ward.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: New perspectives on the history of the SouthPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2004.Description: xvi, 437 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0813027292 (acid-free paper)
  • 9780813027296 (acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 384.54/089/96073075 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1991.8.A35 W256r 2004
Other classification:
  • 05.35
  • 15.85
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : dials set to freedom -- An uphill battle : network radio, local radio, and the roots of racial change -- Goodwill radio : labor, liberals, and the search for interracial understanding -- Respectability, religion, and rhythm and blues on Black-oriented radio -- A Dixie dilemma : racially progressive radio in the age of massive resistance -- Edwin T. Randall and friendly world broadcasting : radio and white racial liberalism in the age of mass protest -- Black-oriented radio and the Southern civil rights movement -- WENN's push came to shove : Black-oriented radio and the freedom struggle in Birmingham -- Ample and frequent moderation : radio and race relations in Charlotte -- A telling silence : freedom radio in Mississippi -- The quest for Black power in Southern radio -- Riots, respect, and responsibility : radio in the new South -- Conclusion : radio and the Southern freedom struggle.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PN1991.8.A35 W256r 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000055057

Includes bibliographical references (p. [399]-413) and index.

Introduction : dials set to freedom -- An uphill battle : network radio, local radio, and the roots of racial change -- Goodwill radio : labor, liberals, and the search for interracial understanding -- Respectability, religion, and rhythm and blues on Black-oriented radio -- A Dixie dilemma : racially progressive radio in the age of massive resistance -- Edwin T. Randall and friendly world broadcasting : radio and white racial liberalism in the age of mass protest -- Black-oriented radio and the Southern civil rights movement -- WENN's push came to shove : Black-oriented radio and the freedom struggle in Birmingham -- Ample and frequent moderation : radio and race relations in Charlotte -- A telling silence : freedom radio in Mississippi -- The quest for Black power in Southern radio -- Riots, respect, and responsibility : radio in the new South -- Conclusion : radio and the Southern freedom struggle.

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