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Watching Jim Crow: The Struggles over Mississippi TV, 1955–1969
Steven D. Classen
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Description for Watching Jim Crow: The Struggles over Mississippi TV, 1955–1969
paperback. A critical examination of racial discrimination in television broadcasting during the civil rights era Series: Console-ing Passions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APT; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
In the early 1960s, whenever the Today Show discussed integration, wlbt-tv, the nbc affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi, cut away to local news after announcing that the Today Show content was “network news . . . represent[ing] the views of the northern press.” This was only one part of a larger effort by wlbt and other local stations to keep African Americans and integrationists off Jackson’s television screens. Watching Jim Crow presents the vivid story of the successful struggles of African Americans to achieve representation in the tv programming of Jackson, a city many considered one of the strongest bastions of ... Read more
In the early 1960s, whenever the Today Show discussed integration, wlbt-tv, the nbc affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi, cut away to local news after announcing that the Today Show content was “network news . . . represent[ing] the views of the northern press.” This was only one part of a larger effort by wlbt and other local stations to keep African Americans and integrationists off Jackson’s television screens. Watching Jim Crow presents the vivid story of the successful struggles of African Americans to achieve representation in the tv programming of Jackson, a city many considered one of the strongest bastions of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Console-ing Passions
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822333418
SKU
V9780822333418
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About Steven D. Classen
Steven D. Classen is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Los Angeles.
Reviews for Watching Jim Crow: The Struggles over Mississippi TV, 1955–1969
“Watching Jim Crow is a highly original, sophisticated, and important piece of scholarship that will undoubtedly influence a variety of fields ranging from legal theory to cultural studies. One of the most striking things about this work is the compelling way it crosses barriers that have blinkered both scholarly and commonsense thinking about law, media, and culture.”—Thomas Streeter, author of ... Read more