Word warrior : Richard Durham, radio, and freedom / Sonja D. Williams.

By:

Williams, Sonja D, 1952-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: New Black studies seriesPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780252097980
025209798X
0252039874
9780252039874
0252081390
9780252081392

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Word warrior.DDC classification:

818/.5409 23

LOC classification:

PS3507.U855 Z55 2015

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Contents:

Remembering -- Rural wanderings -- Chicago -- Radio beckons -- Scripts and scoops -- Rare broadcasts -- Freedom -- Moving on -- Empowerment -- Struggling to fly -- Globetrotting with the greatest -- Black political power -- Epilogue.

Summary: Posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007, Richard Durham creatively chronicled and brought to life the significant events of his times. Durham's trademark narrative style engaged listeners with fascinating characters, compelling details and sharp images of pivotal moments in American and African American history and culture. In 'Word Warrior', award-winning radio producer Sonja D. Williams draws on archives and hard-to-access family records, as well as interviews with family and colleagues like Studs Terkel and Toni Morrison, to illuminate Durham's astounding career.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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English.

Posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007, Richard Durham creatively chronicled and brought to life the significant events of his times. Durham's trademark narrative style engaged listeners with fascinating characters, compelling details and sharp images of pivotal moments in American and African American history and culture. In 'Word Warrior', award-winning radio producer Sonja D. Williams draws on archives and hard-to-access family records, as well as interviews with family and colleagues like Studs Terkel and Toni Morrison, to illuminate Durham's astounding career.

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