The Grapevine of the Black South: The Scott Newspaper Syndicate in the Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement

by Thomas Aiello

Book Overview

In the summer of 1928, William Alexander Scott began a small four-page weekly with the help of his brother Cornelius. In 1930 his Atlanta World became a semiweekly, and the following year W. A. began to implement his vision for a massive newspaper chain based out of Atlanta: the Southern Newspaper Syndicate, later dubbed the Scott Newspaper Syndicate. In April 1931 the World had become a triweekly, and its reach began drifting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820354457
• ISBN13: 9780820354453
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"