Reporting Civil Rights Vol. 1 (LOA #137)
American Journalism 1941-1963
- Hardcover
996 pages
- Release Date
6 January 2003
Summary
First published for the fortieth anniversary of the March on Washington, this Library of America volume along with itscompanion chronicles over thirty tumultuous years in the struggle of African-Americans for freedom and equal rights.The first volume follows the rise of the modern civil rights movement from A. Philip Randolph’s defiant 1941 call for a protest march on Washington to the summer of 1963 and the eve of the march that finally shook the nation’s conscience. Ralph Ellison, Langston …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781931082280 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1931082286 |
| Author: | Clayborne Carson, David J. Garrow, Bill Kovach, Carol Polsgrove |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 996 |
| Release Date: | 6 January 2003 |
| Weight: | 689g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 132mm x 30mm |
| Series: | Library of America Classic Journalism Collection |
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About The Author
Clayborne Carson
The editorial advisory board forReporting Civil RightsincludesClayborne Carson, senior editor,The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.;David J. Garrow, Presidential Distinguished Professor, Emory University;Bill Kovach, chairman, Committee of Concerned Journalists; andCarol Polsgrove, professor of journalism, Indiana University.
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