Black Print With a White Carnation - Mildred Brown and the Omaha Star Newspaper, 1938-1989

Informationen zum Autor Amy Helene Forss has a PhD in African American history and teaches at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska. Her work has appeared in journals such as Nebraska History and Great Plains Quarterly. Klappentext Amy Helene Forss has a PhD in African American history and teaches at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha! Nebraska. Her work has appeared in journals such as Nebraska History and Great Plains Quarterly. Zusammenfassung Examines the impact of the black press through the narrative of Brown's life and work. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsList of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction                    Part 1. Laying the Foundation 1. A Family of Fighters                2. Involving the Community                   3. Politics of Respectability  Part 2. Ensuring Her Success4. Working within Her Space           5. Collective Activism and the De Porres Club 6. Restricted Housing and 'Rithmetic       Part 3. Transferring Ownership to the Community7. Changing Strategies for Changing Times     8. The Death of an IconNotes          BibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Amy Forss, Amy Helene Forss
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9780803246904
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-4690-4
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Women in the West; Women in the West
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Amerikanische Geschichte, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, USA Mittlerer Westen, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)