Race, Media, and the Crisis of Civil Society: From Watts to Rodney King (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521623605)

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,Jacobs Ronald N.
ISBN-10: 052162360X
ISBN-13: 9780521623605
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/04/2000
Pages: 204
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.21w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2001 pg. 302