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African Americans and the media / by Catherine Squires.

By: Squires, Catherine R, 1972-.
Series: Media and minorities (Polity Press): Publisher: Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2009Description: xvii, 301 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780745640341 (hbk.); 0745640346 (hbk.); 9780745640365 (pbk.); 0745640362 (pbk.).Subject(s): African Americans in mass mediaDDC classification: 302.2308996073
Contents:
Introduction -- The black press. The nineteenth century : from slavery to reconstruction -- The great black migration and the growth of the urban black press, 1910-1945 -- The civil rights movement, and beyond -- Black magazines after World War II -- Film. Mainstream cinema and African Americans, 1900-1940s -- From servile to "upstanding" : message films, Sidney Poitier, and Hollywood after WWII -- Approaching a new century : from Spike Lee to Direct-to-DVD -- Record and recorded music. Records and race : the early years of radio -- Radio and race : from World War II to rock 'n' roll -- Integrating entertainment and ownership in music and radio -- Television and new media. Black faces in small places : early television and black Americans -- Enter Cosby : a new era of black presence on television, 1984-1992 -- Black entertainment television and the promise of cable diversity -- African Americans and the new media environment : from mass to niche media. C-o*p*y-c*a-t. -D*e~m-o.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The black press. The nineteenth century : from slavery to reconstruction -- The great black migration and the growth of the urban black press, 1910-1945 -- The civil rights movement, and beyond -- Black magazines after World War II -- Film. Mainstream cinema and African Americans, 1900-1940s -- From servile to "upstanding" : message films, Sidney Poitier, and Hollywood after WWII -- Approaching a new century : from Spike Lee to Direct-to-DVD -- Record and recorded music. Records and race : the early years of radio -- Radio and race : from World War II to rock 'n' roll -- Integrating entertainment and ownership in music and radio -- Television and new media. Black faces in small places : early television and black Americans -- Enter Cosby : a new era of black presence on television, 1984-1992 -- Black entertainment television and the promise of cable diversity -- African Americans and the new media environment : from mass to niche media. C-o*p*y-c*a-t. -D*e~m-o.