Advertising Revolutionary: The Life and Work of Tom Burrell

by Jason Chambers

Book Overview

Over a forty-year career, Chicagoan Tom Burrell changed the face of advertising and revolutionized the industry's approach to African Americans as human beings and consumers. Jason P. Chambers offers a biography of the groundbreaking creator and entrepreneur that explores Burrell's role in building brands like McDonald's and Coca-Cola within a deeply felt vision of folding positive images of Black people into mainstream American life. While detailing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025208764X
• ISBN13: 9780252087646
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"