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African American foreign correspondents

Broussard, Jinx C. 1949-

African American foreign correspondents a history / [electronic resource] : Jinx Coleman Broussard. - [Baton Rouge] : Louisiana State University Press, [2013]. - 1 online resource (x, 268 pages ) - Media and public affairs .

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-251) and index.

Introduction -- The genesis -- Changing landscape: no longer an individual endeavor -- The quest to cover our fighting men -- Compelled to scour the world: the interwar years -- Robert Abbott finds a racial paradise -- The 1930s: a defining decade -- Getting the inside information: the Italian-Ethiopian war -- A racialized view of the Spanish Civil War -- World War II: the fight for the right -- Spotlight on Africa -- Tan Yanks in an integrated military -- Defiance in the name of press freedom -- Vietnam: a turning point -- In the mainstream: Africa and beyond -- Epilogue.

9780807150559


Foreign correspondents--History.--United States
Foreign news--History.--United States
African American journalists--History.
African American press--History.


Electronic books.

PN4882.5 / .B595 2013

070.92