African American Foreign Correspondents: A History

by Jinx Coleman Broussard

Book Overview

Though African Americans have served as foreign reporters for almost two centuries, their work remains virtually unstudied. In this seminal volume, Jinx Coleman Broussard traces the history of black participation in international newsgathering. Beginning in the mid-1800s with Frederick Douglass and Mary Ann Shadd Cary--the first black woman to edit a North American newspaper--African American Foreign Correspondents highlights the remarkable individuals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807150541
• ISBN13: 9780807150542
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"