Louis Austin and the Carolina Times : A Life in the Long Black Freedom Struggle /

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Louis Austin (1898-1971) came of age at the nadir of the Jim Crow era and became a transformative leader of the long black freedom struggle in North Carolina. From 1927 to 1971, he published and edited the Carolina Times, the preeminent black newspaper in the state. He used the power of the press to...

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Main Author: Gershenhorn, Jerry (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Austin, L. E. > (Louis Ernest), > 1898-1971.
Carolina times (Durham, N.C.)
Race relations.
African American newspapers.
African American journalists.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Journaux noirs americains > Caroline du Nord > Durham.
Journalistes noirs americains > Caroline du Nord > Durham > Biographies.
African American newspapers > North Carolina > Durham.
African American journalists > North Carolina > Durham > Biography.
North Carolina > Durham.
North Carolina.
Caroline du Nord > Relations raciales.
North Carolina > Race relations.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Louis Austin (1898-1971) came of age at the nadir of the Jim Crow era and became a transformative leader of the long black freedom struggle in North Carolina. From 1927 to 1971, he published and edited the Carolina Times, the preeminent black newspaper in the state. He used the power of the press to voice the anger of black Carolinians, and to turn that anger into action in a forty-year crusade for freedom. In this biography, Jerry Gershenhorn chronicles Austin's career as a journalist and activist, highlighting his work during the Great Depression, World War II, and the postwar civil rights movement.
Physical Description:1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN:9781469638782

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