Journalism and Jim Crow

A major reinterpretation of the role of journalism in American democracy.

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There is so much more to https://t.co/YSezmMETVI than meets the eye! Visit the website today to explore articles related to the topics discussed in our book written by our author and others. #education #Blackhistory

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Black American journalists made major contributions to US international reporting. Learn more in LSU Professor @Jinx_Broussard ’s award-winning book African American Foreign Correspondents.

#BlackHistorianMonday #history #twitterstorians

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Now that we have (mostly) adjusted to daylight savings, it means there is more sunshine in our day for reading! When is your favorite time to read?

#BookClub #Journalism #HappySpring

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Exciting news! Journalism and Jim Crow has been featured in The Baltimore Sun! Read the op-ed here:
https://t.co/EhKAxCOTeR

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White newspaper leaders in the South helped expand and protect the brutal convict leasing system that stole the lives and labor of Black men, women, and children for decades. Learn more in Journalism and Jim Crow.

#convictleasing #readJJC

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We would like to also give a quick shoutout to the incredible women on our team, @krforde, @klgustaf13, and @profblmkelley, who are both writing history and writing about it! #historymakers

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On this #InternationalWomensDay, we would like you to take a moment to think about and honor the women in your life who are actively writing history in ways big and small.

To all of our female-identifying followers, we appreciate you and all that you do.

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#BlackHistoryMonth might be over, but at @readJJC we never stop celebrating #BlackHistory and #BlackHistorians. Today we want to give an extra shoutout to our Black Contributors: @DwestonHaywood, @robgreeneII, & @profblmkelley. Thank you for all you do!

#CelebrateBlackExcellence

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This week our #BlackHistorianMonday is our very own @profblmkelley! Learn about the streetcar boycott movement and its connection to the Black press in her award-winning Right to Ride. Then read her moving chapter “Silencing a Generation” in @readJJC.

#BlackHistory

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Have you gotten your copy of Journalism and Jim Crow yet? Finished it? Well, we have you covered!
Here are a few other books that are good companion pieces to JJC, all illuminating the long Black struggle to achieve a just multiracial democracy in the U.S. #BookClub #BlackHistory

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At readJJC, we constantly strive to share what we know AND learn from others. We've shared two outstanding Black authors, but we want to hear from YOU! Who would you like us to feature for our next #BlackHistorianMonday? Comment your favorite historians (past or present) below!

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Learn more about Keisha Blain and her publications here: https://t.co/NRqphViaDz

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#BlackHistorianMonday Read Keisha N. Blain’s riveting biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, the civil rights activist from Mississippi who fought against voter suppression and anti-Black state violence. As Hamer said, “You are not free whether you are white or black, until I am free.”

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Alexander Manly, editor of the Black newspaper the Daily Record in Wilmington, NC, stood up against a violent white supremacist political movement in 1898. They burned his press, murdered his neighbors, stole the state election, and executed a coup d’etat in his city. #FactFriday

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We are back with another contributor video! This month we highlight the incredible @DwestonHaywood, who discusses his chapter on militant Black journalists and how they countered the “printed arm of white supremacy.”

#Truth #BlackHistory #Journalism

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This month we are starting a new series called #BlackHistorianMonday. Today's historian is none other than the brilliant @GreenidgeKerri. You can read her book, Black Radical: The Life and Times of William Monroe Trotter, by clicking the link below!

https://t.co/9gneeZJcWn

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Did you know that J. Max Barber, brilliant Black editor of The Voice of the Negro in Atlanta 1904-07, rightly blamed white newspaper leaders running for GA governor for the Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906--and was forced into exile for telling the truth?

#BlackHistory #FactFriday

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Don't forget about our amazing deal from @IllinoisPress. Get 30% off of Journalism and Jim Crow when you buy on their website using discount code F21UIP. It's never too late to start creating the bookshelf of your dreams! #BookCollection #Reading
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A winter storm is headed for New England, which means it's a good time to catch up on some reading! We hope everyone stays safe this weekend. ❄️📖☕️

Featuring the brilliant work of @DwestonHaywood!

#snowdayreading #snow #reading
(Not sponsored by @dunkindonuts 😉)

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ATTENTION PODCAST LISTENERS: Tune into @JHistoryJournal episode 93 to hear from our very own Kathy Roberts Forde as she deep dives into Journalism and Jim Crow with host @TeriFinneman!

Listen here: https://t.co/xdxR6oTaG5

#historypodcast #podcast #journalismmatters