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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153232703321

Autore

Hrach Thomas J. <1963->

Titolo

The Riot Report and the News : How the Kerner Commission Changed Media Coverage of Black America / / Thomas J. Hrach

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , [2016]

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2016

©[2016]

ISBN

9781613764206

1613764200

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 pages)

Disciplina

070.4/840973

Soggetti

Journalism - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

African Americans - Press coverage

Race relations and the press - United States

Racism in the press - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Black is news in the white press -- News media is blamed for causing riots -- Kerner and commission members offer differing views -- Johnson gives the commission its orders -- Key decisions set direction -- News media conference gets to the heart of the matter -- Simulmatics produces a contradictory analysis -- The research intensifies -- Doing the lord's work -- A positive reaction from the news media -- "You deserve the gratitude of the nation" -- Conclusion: remembering Kerner and his report.

Sommario/riassunto

On July 28, 1967, President Lyndon B.Johnson established the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to investigate the causes of unrest in urban black communities during the 1960s.