Böcker av Julius E. Thompson

A review of the journalism experience of blacks in one US state, with examples from newspapers, newsletters, magazines and the broadcast media. Born during slavery, the Black press has been accused of being both too conservative and too radical. Thompson concludes the struggle will continue.

In 1965 Dudley F. Randall founded the Broadside Press, a company devoted to publishing, distributing and promoting the works of black poets and writers. His story is one of battling to promote black identity and equality through literature, lifting the cultural lives of all Americans.

Studies lynching in Mississippi from the Civil War through the civil rights movement. It examines how the crime unfolded in the state and assesses the large number of deaths, the reasons, the distribution by counties, cities and rural locations, and public responses to these crimes. The final chapter covers lynching's legacy in the decades since 1965.