Research Catalog

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Description

1. xvi, 437 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. New perspectives on the history of the South

Subject

1. African Americans in radio broadcasting -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
2. African American radio stations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
3. African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- Southern States -- 20th century
4. Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century
5. Southern States -- Race relations

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. Sc E 04-1371

Bibliography (note)

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

Author

1. Ward, Brian, 1961-

Title

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

Imprint

1. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2004.

Series

1. New perspectives on the history of the South

Bibliography

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

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1. Table of contents

LCCN

1. 2004043736

ISBN

1. 0813027292 (acid-free paper)

Research call number

1. Sc E 04-1371