African Americans and the Media

Acknowledgements
Chronology of Events
Introduction - African Americans and the Mass Media
Section One: The Black Press
1. The Black Press in the 19th Century: From Slavery to Reconstruction
2. The Great Black Migration and the Growth of the Urban Black Press, 1910-1945
3. The Black Press, the Civil Rights Movement, and Beyond
4. Black Magazines in the 20th Century
Section Two: Film
5. Mainstream Cinema and African Americans, 1900-1940s
6. From Servile to "Upstanding": Message films, Sidney Poitier, and Hollywood after WWII
7. Approaching a New Century: From Spike Lee to Direct-to-DVD
Section Three: Radio and Recorded Music
8. Records and Race in the Early Years of Radio
9. Radio and Race: From World War II to Rock ‘n' Roll
10. Integrating Entertainment and Ownership in Music & Radio
Section Four: Television and New Media
11. Black Faces in Small Places: Early television and Black Americans
12. Enter Cosby: A New Era of Black Presence on Television, 1984-1992
13. Black Entertainment Television and the Promise of Cable Diversity
14. African Americans and the New Media Environment: From Mass to Niche Media
Endnotes