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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Michaeli, Ethan
Titre(s) : The defender [Texte imprimé] : how the legendary black newspaper changed America : from the age of the pullman porters to the age of Obama / Ethan Michaeli
Publication : Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : xx, 633 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Comprend : Preface : Delphi on the prairie ; A defender of his race ; If you see it in "The
Defender," it's so ; Getting the South told ; The Great Northern Drive ; The greatest
disturbing element ; The bond of affections ; Reaping the whirlwind ; Bombing Binga
; Chicago vindicated ; The burdens of the future ; We'll take the sea ; Farewell,
Chief ; Victory through unity ; Santa Claus and a World War ; Promises vs. performance
; The "Daily Defender" ; One vote per precinct ; A socratic gadfly ; A prayer for
Chicago ; A dark hour in the life of America ; The last remains of nonviolence
; Victories are contagious ; Stick around for a while ; The roar of the El train.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 606-609) and index
""The story of the Chicago Defender is the story of race in the twentieth century."
-- Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here Giving voice to the voiceless,
the Chicago Defender condemned Jim Crow, catalyzed the Great Migration, and focused
the electoral power of black America. Robert S. Abbott founded The Defender in 1905,
smuggled hundreds of thousands of copies into the most isolated communities in the
segregated South, and was dubbed a "Modern Moses," becoming one of the first black
millionaires in the process. His successor wielded the newspaper's clout to elect
mayors and presidents, including Harry S. Truman and John F. Kennedy, who would have
lost in 1960 if not for The Defender's support. Along the way, its pages were filled
with columns by legends like Ida B. Wells, Langston Hughes, and Martin Luther King.
Drawing on dozens of interviews and extensive archival research, Ethan Michaeli constructs
a revelatory narrative of race in America and brings to life the reporters who braved
lynch mobs and policemen's clubs to do their jobs, from the age of Teddy Roosevelt
to the age of Barack Obama"
Sujet(s) : Chicago defender (périodique) -- Histoire
Journaux noirs américains -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis)
Journaux noirs américains -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis) -- Histoire
Presse noire américaine -- Chicago (Ill., États-Unis) -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780547560694 (hardback). - ISBN 0547560699 (hardback). - ISBN 9780547560878
(erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb450142884
Notice n° :
FRBNF45014288
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
