Race, Media, and the Crisis of Civil Society: From Watts to Rodney King

Since the early nineteenth century, African-Americans have turned to Black newspapers to monitor the mainstream media and to develop alternative interpretations of public events. Ronald Jacobs tells the stories of these newspapers--in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles--for the first time, comparing African-American and "mainstream" media coverage of racial crises such as the Watts riot, the beating of Rodney King, the Los Angeles uprisings and the O. J. Simpson trial. In an engaging yet scholarly style, Jacobs shows us why a strong African-American press is still needed today.

Author: Ronald N. Jacobs
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/03/2000
Pages: 204
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9780521625784
ISBN10: 0521625785
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | General
- Social Science | Media Studies

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