Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948

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UNC Press Books, 1999 - 391 pages
The World War II era represented the golden age of radio as a broadcast medium in the United States; it also witnessed a rise in African American activism against racial segregation and discrimination, especially as they were practiced by the federal gove
 

Contents

AMERICANS ALL IMMIGRANTS ALL Cultural Pluralism and Americanness
21
FREEDOMS PEOPLE Radio and the Political Uses of African American Culture and History
63
NEGRO MORALE THE OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION AND THE WAR DEPARTMENT
106
THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE ON THE RADIO
157
RADIO AND THE POLITICAL DISCOURSE OF RACIAL EQUALITY
194
NEW WORLD ACOMING AND DESTINATION FREEDOM
246
CONCLUSION
271
Radio Programs Discussed in the Text
279
NOTES
283
BIBLIOGRAPHY
357
INDEX
377
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Barbara D. Savage is Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

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