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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Savage, Barbara Dianne. Broadcasting freedom. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607107970 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Barbara Dianne Savage |
ISBN: | 0807824771 9780807824771 0807848042 9780807848043 |
OCLC Number: | 40135343 |
Awards: | Herbert Hoover Book Award, 1999. |
Description: | xiii, 391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | pt. I. Federal Constructions of "the Negro" 1. Americans All, Immigrants All: Cultural Pluralism and Americanness. 2. Freedom's People: Radio and the Political Uses of African American Culture and History. 3. "Negro Morale," the Office of War Information, and the War Department -- pt. II. Airing the Race Question. 4. The National Urban League on the Radio. 5. Radio and the Political Discourse of Racial Equality. 6. New World A'Coming and Destination Freedom. App. Radio Programs Discussed in the Text. |
Series Title: | John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. |
Responsibility: | Barbara Dianne Savage. |
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Abstract:
This study reveals how African-American activists, public officials, intellectuals and artists sought to use radio to influence a national debate about racial equality in the 1940s. These broadcasts challenged the nation to reconcile its egalitarian ideals with its unjust treatment of minorities.
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