Description
Book SynopsisProvides a textbook overview of the past, present, and future of African Americans in US media. Brings together work from a variety of disciplines to provide the fullest understanding of this complex relationship to date.
Trade Review"Prof. Squires has accomplished something quite remarkable with
African Americans and the Media. This is not simply a 'textbook'. Rather, it is one of the most comprehensive, engaged works of scholarship to chart the relationship African Americans have with media. This book not only covers every medium, from print to internet, but it also examines innovation, audience reception, and even industry responsibility. This is an absolutely essential resource for students and scholars at every level."
Robin Coleman, University of MichiganTable of ContentsAcknowledgements
Chronology of Events
Introduction - African Americans and the Mass Media
Section One: The Black Press
1. The Black Press in the 19th Century: From Slavery to Reconstruction
2. The Great Black Migration and the Growth of the Urban Black Press, 1910-1945
3. The Black Press, the Civil Rights Movement, and Beyond
4. Black Magazines in the 20th Century
Section Two: Film
5. Mainstream Cinema and African Americans, 1900-1940s
6. From Servile to "Upstanding": Message films, Sidney Poitier, and Hollywood after WWII
7. Approaching a New Century: From Spike Lee to Direct-to-DVD
Section Three: Radio and Recorded Music
8. Records and Race in the Early Years of Radio
9. Radio and Race: From World War II to Rock ‘n' Roll
10. Integrating Entertainment and Ownership in Music & Radio
Section Four: Television and New Media
11. Black Faces in Small Places: Early television and Black Americans
12. Enter Cosby: A New Era of Black Presence on Television, 1984-1992
13. Black Entertainment Television and the Promise of Cable Diversity
14. African Americans and the New Media Environment: From Mass to Niche Media
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