Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-1948

by Barbara Dianne Savage

Book Overview

The World War II era represented the golden age of radio as a broadcast medium in the United States; it also witnessed a rise in African American activism against racial segregation and discrimination, especially as they were practiced by the federal government itself. In Broadcasting Freedom , Barbara Savage links these cultural and political forces by showing how African American activists, public officials, intellectuals, and artists sought to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807824771
• ISBN13: 9780807824771
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"