COMM-275 Lecture 3: Comm 275 black press
18 Jan 2019
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The black press: 1827- freedom"s journal was the first black newspaper. Double v campaign - victory over seas and victory at home; coined by black press; victory at home in the form of freedom; during wwii: 1947- ban on segregation in all military by chief of armed forces (fdr"s vp, Truman: made it difficult to run for reelection in 1948, a lot of southern states left the democratic party and formed the dixie- cratic party and put a third candidate on the ballot, truman still won. Russworm for it and cornish opposed: cornish, who ran the paper, used it to oppose colonization. Cornish quit the paper and returned to presbyterian ministry. American. : russworm carried on supporting colonization, but ran into still black opposition. In 1841, willis hodges, forced to pay to have his anti-slavery letter published in new york sun, raised money to start his own newspaper, the. Ram"s horn, by taking jobs as a whitewash painter.
