Newspaper wars : civil rights and white resistance in South Carolina, 1935-1965 / Sid Bedingfield.
Material type: TextSeries: History of communicationPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- online resource
- 9780252099830
- 0252099834
- McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987
- McCray, John Henry, 1910-1987
- Civil rights movements -- Press coverage -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- African American newspapers -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- Press coverage -- History -- 20th century
- Press and politics -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Racism in the press -- South Carolina
- Mouvements des droits de l'homme -- Couverture de presse -- Caroline du Sud -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Journaux noirs américains -- Caroline du Sud -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Caroline du Sud -- Relations raciales -- Couverture de presse -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Racisme dans la presse -- Caroline du Sud
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Civil Rights
- African American newspapers
- Press and politics
- Race relations -- Press coverage
- Racism in the press
- South Carolina
- 1900-1999
- 070.4/493231196073 23
- PN4897.S64
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Early struggles -- A newspaper joins the movement -- A black political insurgency in the Deep South -- The white press and the Dixiecrat revolt -- An old warrior underestimates a new foe -- Massive resistance and the death of a black newspaper -- The paper curtain and the new GOP -- Color-blind conservatism and the great white switch -- Epilogue.
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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. -- Amazon.com.
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