Eye on the Struggle: Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press - Brossura

Morris, James McGrath

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ISBN 10: 0062198866 ISBN 13: 9780062198860

Casa editrice: Amistad Pr, 2017

Riassunto

Describes the life and career of the journalist and network news commentator who publicly asked President Eisenhower to support desegregation and covered such important civil rights events as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the desegregation crisis in Little Rock. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

[An] important and often absorbing new book . . . It’s a deep pleasure to meet Ethel Payne. ‘We are soul folks,’ she declared in 1967, ‘and I am writing for soul brothers’ consumption.’ Her own soul beams from this book. (New York Times)

“A riveting biography of a groundbreaking African American journalist . . . In James McGrath Morris’s compelling biography Eye on the Struggle, this ‘first lady of the black press’ finally gets her due.” (O, the Oprah Magazine)

“Morris’s research on Payne is meticulous...” (Washington Post)

“[A] beautifully written and carefully researched new book.” (Chicago Tribune)

“Afast-paced tour through the highlights of 20th-century African-American history, with Payne as witness.” (Boston Globe)

“It is through Payne’s eyes that author James McGrath Morris deftly shows us the history of post-World War II America.” (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

“...James McGrath Morris lifts Ethel Payne from relative obscurity revealing a fearless, intrepid journalist who covered practically every important event of her day...” (Herb Boyd, National Association of Black Journalist, Hall of Fame, inductee)

Ethel Payne was a pioneer who experienced the challenges but little of the glory that comes with the title. With this book, her legacy is assured. (Paula J. Giddings, author of Ida, A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching)

“A deeply researched, skillfully written biography about a previously underappreciated individual.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“James McGrath Morris’s eloquent book - quite a feat of historical excavation into the black press as well - should bring her many new admirers.” (Wil Haygood, author of the bestselling,The Butler: A Witness to History)

L'autore:

James McGrath Morris is the author of Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power—which the Wall Street Journal deemed as one of the five best books on American moguls and Booklist placed on its list of the ten best biographies of 2010—and The Rose Man of Sing Sing: A True Tale of Life, Murder, and Redemption in the Age of Yellow Journalism, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. He is one of the founders and past presidents of Biographers International Organization (BIO) and makes his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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• Editore: Amistad Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0062198866
• ISBN 13: 9780062198860
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 466