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