Giving a Voice to the Voiceless - Four Pioneering Black Women Journalists

This work describes the journalism careers of four black women within the context of the period in which they lived and worked. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell, Alice Dunbar-Nelson and Amy Jacques Garvey were among a group of approximately twenty black women journalists who wrote for newspapers, magazines and other media during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Ida B. Wells-Barnett: Militant Muckraker 3. Mary Church Terrell: Captivating Crusader 4. Alice Dunbar-Nelson: Writing During the Jim Crow Era 5. Amy Jacques Garvey: Mouthpiece for a Movement 6. Conclusion

About the author

Jinx Coleman Broussard

Summary

This work describes the journalism careers of four black women within the context of the period in which they lived and worked. Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell, Alice Dunbar-Nelson and Amy Jacques Garvey were among a group of approximately twenty black women journalists who wrote for newspapers, magazines and other media during the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Jinx Coleman Broussard
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2016
• EAN: 9781138991903
• ISBN: 978-1-138-99190-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Studies in African American History and Culture; Studies in African American Hi; Studies in African American History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous