Racializing Objectivity How the White Southern Press Weaponized Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow |
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| Author:
| Mellinger, Gwyneth |
| Series title: | Journalism and Democracy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-62534-810-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2024 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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Through deep engagement with letters and other materials in numerous archives from editors, journalists, and leaders of newswire services, this book interrogates and exposes how the white southern press used journalism standards as a professional rationalization for white supremacy and a political strategy to resist desegregation.
Through deep engagement with letters and other materials in numerous archives from editors, journalists, and leaders of newswire services, this book interrogates and exposes how the white southern press used journalism standards as a professional rationalization for white supremacy and a political strategy to resist desegregation.