Steven D Classen: 1 book
Watching Jim Crow
The Struggles over Mississippi TV, 1955–1969
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2004
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...
