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African American journalists : autobiography as memoir and manifesto /

In the last decade of the 20th century, during a time when African Americans were starting to take inventory of the gains of the civil rights movement and its effects on the lives of black professionals in the public sphere, the memoirs of several journalists were published, a number of which became...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hall, Calvin L., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the last decade of the 20th century, during a time when African Americans were starting to take inventory of the gains of the civil rights movement and its effects on the lives of black professionals in the public sphere, the memoirs of several journalists were published, a number of which became national bestsellers. African American Journalists examines select autobiographies written by African American journalists in order to explore the relationship between race, class, gender, and journalismpractice. At the heart of this study is the contention that contemporary memoirs written by Afr.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 117 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780810869318
0810869314