King Al : how Sharpton took the throne /

"Through the 1980s, the mainstream press portrayed Reverend Al Sharpton as a buffoon, a fake minister, a hustler, an opportunist, a demagogue, a race traitor, and an anti-Semite. Today, Sharpton occupies a throne that would have shocked the white newspaper reporters who covered him forty years...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Howell, Ron (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, 2021.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Sharpton, Al.
Sharpton, Al
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
African American clergy > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
African American politicians > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
African American television journalists > Biography.
Clergy > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Politicians > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Biographies.
Clergé noir américain > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Politiciens noirs américains > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Journalistes de télévision noirs américains > Biographies.
Clergé > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Politiciens > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
African American civil rights workers
African American clergy
African American politicians
African American television journalists
Clergy
Politicians
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (State) > New York
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • King Al
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction
  • 1 Reverend Al and Me
  • 2 Les Payne Sounds the "Death Knell" on the Tawana Brawley Story
  • 3 The Early '80s: Sharpton Enters the Realm Where White Newspapers Ruled
  • 4 Black Women and the Embedded Racism of the Realm
  • 5 Rev. Al, Wayne Barrett, and Old Black Brooklyn
  • 6 Enter James Brown and Don King
  • 7 Roots of a Preacher's Strength
  • 8 "I Know Jews from Italians"
  • 9 The '90s: Climbing the Ladder in Politics
  • 10 A New Day, a New Journalism, a King Emerges
  • 11 Confessions of a Hack (i.e., Old- time Tabloid Reporter)
  • Acknowledgments
  • Tools That Made the Book
  • Index

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