The race beat : the press, the civil rights struggle, and the awakening of a nation /
Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Knopf, 2006.
- viii, 518 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 463-489) and index.
Publisher's Weekly
Reveals how the American press, after decades of ignoring the problem, began to explore the indignities and injustices of racial segregation in the South, profiling key articles related to the civil rights struggle and instances of racial inequality.