In a Madhouse's Din: Civil Rights Coverage by Mississippi's Daily Press, 1948-1968

by Susan Weill

Mississippi is a unique case study as a result of its long-standing defiance of federal civil rights legislation and the fact that nearly half its population was black and relegated to second-class citizenship. According to the vast majority of Mississippi daily press editorials examined between 1948 and 1968, the notion that blacks and whites were equal as races of people was a concept that remained unacceptable and inconceivable. While the daily...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275969606
• ISBN13: 9780275969608
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"