In a Madhouse's Din : Civil Rights Coverage by Mississippi's Daily Press, 1948-1968.

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Author:

Weill, Susan.

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9780313010620

Personal Author:

Weill, Susan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Contents:

Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Civil Rights and the Mississippi Daily Press: An Introduction -- Chapter 2 1948: The Dixiecrats and the Mississippi Daily Press -- Chapter 3 1954: Brown v. Board of Education and the Mississippi Daily Press -- Chapter 4 1962: The Desegregation of Ole Miss and the Mississippi Daily Press -- Chapter 5 1964: Freedom Summer and the Mississippi Daily Press -- Chapter 6 1968: The Death of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Mississippi Daily Press -- Chapter 7 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 Mississippi Daily Press Editors -- Appendix 2 Mississippi Daily Press Circulation -- Appendix 3 Population Statistics of Mississippi Counties with Daily Newspapers, 1948- 1968 -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Civil rights -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

African Americans -- Press coverage -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

American newspapers -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Editorials -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Journalism -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.

Mississippi -- Race relations.

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