The Press and Race: Mississippi Journalists Confront the Movement

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The Press and Race: Mississippi Journalists Confront the Movement This page intentionally left blank The Press and Race Mississippi Journalists Confront the Movement Edited by David R. Davies University Press of Mississippi Jackson www.upress.state.ms.us Copyright © 2001 by University Press of Mississippi All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 oi 4 3 2 1 Photo credits: Percy Greene, courtesy of the Beadle Collection, Mississippi Department of Archives and History; JimmyWard, courtesy of The Clarion-Ledger, J. Oliver Emmerich, courtesy of J. O. Emmerich Papers, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Library; George A. McLean, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal-, Ira B. Harkey, Jr., courtesy of Ira B.Harkey, Jr.; Wilson F. Minor, courtesy ofWilson F. "Bill" Minor Papers, Special Collections, Mississippi State University Library; Hazel Brannon Smith, courtesy ofWilson F. "Bill" Minor Papers, Special Collections, Mississippi State UniversityLibrary; and Hodding Carter, Jr., courtesy of Hodding and Betty Werlein Carter Papers, Special Collections, Mississippi State UniversityLibrary. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The press andrace :Mississippi journalists confront the movement / edited byDavid R Davies. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-57806-342-6 (cloth : alk. paper) i. Afro-Americans—Civilrights—Mississippi—History—2Othcentury. 2. Press and politics—Mississippi—History—2oth century. 3. Journalists—Mississippi—History— 2Oth century. 4. American newspapers—Mississippi—History—2oth century. 5. Mississippi—Race relations. 6. Civil rights movements—Mississippi—History—2oth century. I. Davies, David R. (David Randall), 1957F35O .N4 M57 2001 323.i'1960730762—dc2i 00-047730 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ...