To make a journalist black: a legacy of books by and about African Americans in the field catalogue their successes and struggles.--Here is BIBR's selective list of some of the best books by and about the lives of African American journalists, past and present, in alphabetical order. [ASIN numbers designate those that are out of print. They are usually available in many libraries and as used copies in some stores and on the Internet.] Black American Witness: Reports From the Front by Earl Caldwell, Lurma Rackley, Kenneth Walker, Lion House Publishing December 1994, $24.95. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 1-886-44610-5 A collection of columns by the esteemed journalist. Blackbird by Betty Winston Baye, August Press November 2000, $14, ISBN 0-963-57203-2 Favorite columns on family, faith and newsmakers by a writer for the Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky, and the Gannett News Service. Black Journalists, White Media by Beulah Ainley, Trentham Books Ltd. July 1998, $28.99 ISBN 1-858-56058-6 A researcher's interviews with 100 journalists document their underrepresentation in the British media. The Black Press: New Literary and Historical Essays Edited by Todd Vogel, Rutgers University Press Rutgers University Press is a nonprofit academic publishing house, operating in Piscataway, New Jersey under the auspices of Rutgers University. The press was founded in 1936, and since that time has grown in size and in the scope of its publishing program. , December 2001, $22 ISBN 0-813-53005-9 Essays from the black press, providing a chronological journey from abolitionist newspapers of the early 1800s to the Internet. Black, White, and in Color: Television, Policing, and Black Civil Rights by Sasha Torres, Princeton University Press, March 2003, $16.95 ISBN 0-691-01657-7 An analysis of how and when "blackness" is portrayed in police issues that urges academics to attend to the role of television in the race debates. Black Writers/Black Baseball: An Anthology of Articles From Black Sportswriters Who Covered the Negro Leagues by Jim Reisler, McFarland & Company May 1994, $65, ISBN 0-786-40002-1 Work by journalists who followed the world of black baseball before integration. Breaking Barriers: A Memoir by Carl T. Rowan, HarperPerennial Library (reprint edition), January 1992 ASIN 0-060-97447-8 One of the most influential columnists of all time offers his autobiography as an eye-witness to in the Kennedy administration and as a frontline observer of the Civil Rights Movement. Bruce Grit: The Black Nationalist Writings of John Edward Bruce John Edward Bruce, also known as Bruce Grit (February 22, 1856 - August 7, 1924) was born a slave in Maryland, United States. He was a journalist, historian, writer, orator, and Pan African nationalist. by William Seraile, University of Tennessee Press The University of Tennessee Press (or UT Press), founded in 1940, is a university press that is part of the University of Tennessee. External link
John Edward Bruce (1856-1924), who wrote for at least 100 newspapers, usually under the pseudonym Bruce Grit, was an advocate of nonviolence and Black Nationalism. This book is a study of his writings. In 1911, he also helped Arthur Schomburg found what became the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Every Goodbye Ain't Gone: Family Portraits and Personal Escapades by Itabari Njeri. Crown Publishing Group February 1990, $12, ISBN 0-812-91805-3 A Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). reporter reflects on her childhood in middle-class Afro-Caribbean neighborhoods of New York and her life as an award-winning journalist in Greenville, North Carolina
Greenville, one of the fastest growing cities in North Carolina, is the county seat of Pitt County, and is the principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. , Miami and Los Angeles. She is also the author of The Last Plantation: Color, Conflict, and Identity: Reflections of a New World Black (Houghton Mifflin Company, April 1997, ASIN 0-395-77191-9) in which she looks at multiracial realities through the prism of her family and her reporting in post-diversified Los Angeles. Fire at Will by DeWayne Wickham, USA Today Books December 1989, ISBN 0-944-34720-7 A collection of columns from an outspoken journalist who was among the early talents recruited by USA Today in its building stages. A First Draft of History by Ted Poston, edited by Kathleen A. Hauke University of Georgia Press The University of Georgia Press or UGA Press is a publishing house and is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Founded in 1938, the UGA Press is a division of the University of Georgia and is located on the campus in Athens, Georgia, USA. , October 2000 $29.95, ISBN 0-820-32239-3 Writing by Ted Poston (1906-1974), who is considered the first African American reporter to spend a career at a major metropolitan daily, 35 years at the New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 . Giving a Voice to the Voiceless: Four Black Women Journalists by Jinx jinx n. 1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck. 2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing. tr.v. Coleman Broussard, Routledge October 2003, $70, ISBN 0-415-94717-0 Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell Mary Church Terrell (born September 23, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee - July 24, 1954 in Annapolis, Maryland) was a writer and civil rights and women's rights activist. Her parents, Robert Reed Church and Louisa Ayers, were both former slaves. , Alice Dunbar-Nelson and Amy Jacques Garvey Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey (December 31, 1895–July 25, 1973), born to George Samuel and Charlotte Henrietta (South) Jacques, in Kingston, Jamaica. Amy Jacques Garvey was one of the pioneer Black women journalists and publishers of the 20th century, a fact that is were among approximately 20 black women journalists working during the late-19th and early-20th centuries. In My Place by Chadayne Hunter-Gault, Vintage Books (reprint edition), November 1993 $13, ISBN 0-679-74818-0 The CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. South Africa bureau chief reflects on her role in desegregating the University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. in 1961 before going on to a career as a high-profile journalist. Interesting Times: Essays and Nonfiction by Michael E. Ross, AuthorHouse, September 2004, $19.95, ISBN 1-418-47973-X Ross, a journalist for MSNBC.com, based in Seattle, Washington, and former culture writer for The New York Times weaves reflections on his life in newspapers--east and west--through his collection of 24 essays on social topics. It's the Little Things: The Everyday Interactions that Get Under the Skin of Blacks and Whites by Lena Williams, Harcourt Inc., September 2000, $22, ISBN 0-151-00407-2 A veteran New York Times reporter talked to blacks and whites about words and body language they felt got in the way of understanding or getting along with those of other races. Ladies Pages: African-American Women's Magazines and the Culture That Made Them by Noliwe M. Rooks Rooks can refer to: People:
Rooks introduces readers to black women's magazines published in the late-19th and early-20th century: Ringwood's Afro-American Journal of Fashion, Half-Century Magazine for the Colored Homemaker, and more. Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman of Color--A Journey from Prison to Power by Patrice Gaines, Anchor Books October 1995, $29, ISBN 0-385-48027-X Gaines, a former reporter for the Miami News, the Washington Star and The Washington Post, writes openly of her life. As the daughter of a Marine, she chose opposite paths that landed her in jail by age 21. She later makes it into journalism with the help of college programs, writing workshops and pioneer/mentors. Letters to My Children by Robert C. Maynard, Doris J. Maynard Dori J. Maynard, Don J. Maynard (contributors), Andrews McMeel Publishing, June 1995, $16.95, ASIN 0-836-27027-4 Memorable columns by Bob Maynard, who died in 1993, and commentary by his daughter. He became the first African American to own a major daily newspaper when he bought the Oakland Tribune, was ombudsman for The Washington Post and founder of programs to train new journalists, now the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. The Life and Times of Irvine Garland Penn by Joanne K. Harrison, et. Al., Xlibris Corporation, December 2000, $21.99 ISBN 0-738-83533-1 The first biography of a journalist and author of The Afro-American Press and Its Editors, which remains a landmark in research in this area. Livin' the Blues: Memoirs of a Black Journalist and Poet (Wisconsin Studies in American Autobiography) by Frank Marshall Davis and John Edgar Tidwell (editor), University of Wisconsin Press The University of Wisconsin Press (or UW Press), founded in 1936, is a university press that is part of the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States. It published under its own name and the imprint The Popular Press. , December 1992, $34.95 ISBN 0-299-13500-4 The memoirs of Frank Marshall Davis (1905-1987), who wrote for several major African American newspapers African American newspapers are those newspapers in the United States that seek readers primarily of African American descent. These newspapers came into existence in 1827 when Samuel Cornish and John Brown Russwurm started the first African-American periodical called Freedom's and published four volumes of poetry. Looking Backward at Us by William Raspberry, University Press of Mississippi The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a publisher that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi:
Columns by the legendary Washington Post syndicated columnist. Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America by Nathan McCall, Lourdes March (contributor), Random House, February 1994 $14, ISBN 0-679-41268-9 McCall writes compellingly in a memoir about his life in the working-class shipyard town of Portsmouth, Virginia. As a teenager, he is caught up in an armed robbery; spends three years in prison and struggles to enter journalism through newspapers in Virginia <noinclude> Major papers </noinclude>
No, I Won't Shut Up: Thirty Years of Telling It Like It Is by The Reverend Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds and Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted civil rights leader, author, singer, and founder and former president of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. , Winston-Derek Pub., January 1998, $13.94 ASIN 1-555-23866-1 A no-holds-barred veteran Washington journalist talks about her 35-year career in the media, public issues and her ministry. One Voice: A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Tells Stories About the Black Experience by Toni Y. Joseph, Summit Pub. Group December 1994, ASIN 1-565-30139-0 Articles by a well-regarded writer: the posthumous winner of a Pulitzer Prize for the Dallas Morning News who died in 1993. Out of My Mind by Elmer Smith, August Press, November 2002, $15.95, ISBN 0-963-57206-7 A bright and witty veteran columnist for The Daily News of Philadelphia shares his work in this collection. Parallel Time by Brent Staples, Pantheon Books February 1994, ASIN 0-679-42154-8 A candid memoir about growing up in Chester, Pennsylvania, and its aftermath. Staples pursued a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago; but with few jobs to be found in academia, he became a journalist for magazines and newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times and later The New York Times. He explores journalism and the alien folkways folkways, term coined by William Graham Sumner in his treatise Folkways (1906) to denote those group habits that are common to a society or culture and are usually called customs. of the white establishment. The Press by Ellis Cose, William Morrow, April 1989 ASIN 0-688-07403-0 Historical and topical analysis of the media giants by a veteran journalist and media analyst. Promises Betrayed: Waking Up from the American Dream by Bob Herbert, Times Books, May 2005 $26. ISBN: 0805078649. The New York Times Op-Ed columnist offers essays exploring his view that the American ideals of freedom and justice are in a state of decline. Race Man: The Rise and Fall of the "Fighting Editor," John Mitchell Jr. by Ann Field Alexander, University of Virginia Press The University of Virginia Press (or UVaP), founded in 1963, is a university press that is part of the University of Virginia. External link
• , October 2002, $32.95 ISBN 0-813-92116-3 A biography of John Mitchell Jr., the editor and publisher of the Richmond Planet, who was also a political activist. Raising Her Voice: African-American Women Journalists Who Changed History by Rodger Streitmatter, University Press of Kentucky The University Press of Kentucky (UPK) is the scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and was organized in 1969 as successor to the University of Kentucky Press. The university had sponsored scholarly publication since 1943. , March 1994, $14.95 ISBN 0-813-10830-6 Biographies of 11 black women who have written for newspapers or television, from Maria W. Stewart Maria Stewart (Maria Miller) (1803 – December 17, 1897) was an African American public speaker, abolitionist, and feminist. Life and career She was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1803. , an abolitionist journalist in the 1830s, to Charlayne Hunter-Gault in the 1960s to the present. Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1941-1963, Vol. 1 by Clayborne Carson, Bill Kovach, Carol Polsgrove, Penguin Putnam, Incorporated January 2003, $40, ISBN 1-931-08228-6; and Reporting Civil Rights: American Journalism 1963-1973, Vol. 2 by Clayborne Carson, Bill Kovach, Carol Polsgrove, Penguin Putnam, January 2003 $40, ISBN 1-931-08229-4 A two-volume anthology of black and white journalists' eyewitness accounts of the movement. Rugged Waters: Black Journalists Swim the Mainstream by Wayne Dawkins, August Press, June 2003, $15.95, ISBN 0-963-57207-5 A review of the role of the National Association of Black Journalists The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), was founded in 1975 by 44 men and women in Washington, D.C. Headquartered at the University of Maryland, College Park and with 3300 members, it is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation. in the 1990s, its members' triumphs in their occupation and successful crusades for diversity to re-energize their industry. This edition updates his two earlier editions of Black Journalists: The NABJ NABJ National Association of Black Journalists Story, 1997, August Press, June 1997, $14, ISBN 0-963-57204-0. Showing My Color by Clarence Page, HarperCollins, February 1996, ASIN 0-060-17256-8 Original essays on race and other issues by the high-profile, syndicated columnist for The Chicago Tribune. Thinking Black: Some of the Nation's Most Thoughtful and Provocative Black Columnists Speak Their Minds by DeWayne Wickham (editor), Crown Pub. January 1996, ASIN 0-517-59937-6 An anthology of writing by two-dozen contemporary journalists. To Keep the Waters Troubled: The Life of Ida B. Wells Ida B. Wells, also known as Ida B. Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931), was an African American civil rights advocate and an early women's rights advocate active in the Woman Suffrage Movement. by Linda O. McMurry, Oxford University Press, January 1999, $22.50 ISBN 0-195-08812-3 A definitive biography of the crusading newspaperwoman of the late-19th century who sued a railroad for kicking her out of the "ladies' car," campaigned against lynching and crusaded in the suffragist movement. True Vine: A Young Black Man's Journey of Faith, Hope and Clarity by John W. Fountain, Perseus Books Group, June 2003, $26, ISBN 1-586-48084-7 Fountain, a former New York Times correspondent, recounts his upbringing in Chicago and his career, explaining how faith sustained him. (True Vine was the name of his grandparents' church.) Unafraid of the Dark: A Memoir by Rosemary L. Bray, Anchor Books, March 1999, $14, ISBN 0-385-49475-0 Bray, now an ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. Unitarian Universalist minister, recounts her childhood in Chicago to reflect on what she argues was the beneficial role of the pre-reform welfare system that helped the working poor lift their children out of poverty permanently. Along the way, she tells the story of her career in the not-always-welcoming world of journalism. Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience by Jill Nelson, Penguin (reprint edition), July 1994, $16, ISBN 0-140-23716-X Nelson, a New York free-lancer recruited by The Washington Post Magazine, writes with biting wit about being sidelined at the paper while bearing the wrath of African Americans who regularly picketed her employer in response to the magazine's inaugural issue. Volunteer Slavery was a polarizing but galvanizing galvanizing, process of coating a metal, usually iron or steel, with a protective covering of zinc. Galvanized iron is prepared either by dipping iron, from which rust has been removed by the action of sulfuric acid, into molten zinc so that a thin layer of the zinc story for the industry in the early 1990s. Waking From the Dream: My Life in the Black Middle Class by Sam Fulwood III, Anchor Books, March 1996, $32.95, ISBN 0-385-47822-4 Now a Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist, a veteran journalist explores his premise that even life from a solid perch as a high achiever from a middle-class family cannot guarantee him a piece of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" of a world in which race is not a barrier. White Bucks and Black-Eyed Peas: Coming of Age Black in White America by Marcus Mabry, Scribner, August 1995 ASIN 0-684-19669-7 Newsweek's chief of correspondents shares his travels from a New Jersey suburb through prep school, to Stanford, to Paris and beyond. (He recently contracted to write a biography of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.) Why Are the Heroes Always White? by Sheryl McCarthy, Andrews McMeel Publishing, April 1995, ASIN 0-836-27049-5 Essays by a Newsday columnist who is a champion for women, blacks, the poor and misunderstood. Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media by Pamela Newkirk, New York University Press New York University Press (or NYU Press), founded in 1916, is a university press that is part of New York University. External link
A New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the professor's analysis argues that African Americans remain "woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: underrepresented un·der·rep·re·sent·ed adj. Insufficiently or inadequately represented: the underrepresented minority groups, ignored by the government. in the industry and in news management." |
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