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Equal Time : Television and the Civil Rights Movement.

Bodroghkozy, Aniko.

Equal Time : Television and the Civil Rights Movement. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages) - The History of Media and Communication Series . - The History of Media and Communication Series .

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Propaganda Tool for Racial Progress? -- Network News in the Civil Rights Era -- 2. The Chosen Instrument of the Revolution? -- 3. Fighting for Equal Time: Segregationists vs. Integrationists -- 4. The March on Washington and a Peek into Racial Utopia -- 5. Selma in the "Glaring Light of Television" -- Civil Rights in Prime-Time Entertainment -- 6. Bringing "Urgent Issues" to the Vast Wasteland: East Side/West Side -- 7. Is This What You Mean by Color TV? Julia -- 8. Prime Time, Good Times -- Epilogue: The Return of Civil Rights Television: The Obama Victory -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- back cover.

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Television broadcasting--Political aspects--United States.
Television broadcasting of news--Political aspects--United States.
African Americans on television.
Race relations on television.
African Americans in television broadcasting--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Television broadcasting--United States--Influence.


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