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African American Journalism

In honor of Black Press Day, we've gathered some recent books about African American journalists and journalism.

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  • Paperback, 2018Los Angeles, CA : Boom! Studios, a division of Boom Entertainment, [2018] — PN6728.A177A46 2018
  • Alone Atop the Hill

    the Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press

    Dunnigan, Alice Allison, 1906-1983,
    Book, 2015Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2015] — PN4874.D85A3 2015
  • Carter G. Woodson

    History, the Black Press, and Public Relations

    Morris, Burnis Reginald
    Paperback, 2017Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2017] — E175.5.W65M67 2017
  • The Defender

    How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America : From the Age of the Pullman Porters to the Age of Obama

    Michaeli, Ethan
    Book, 2016Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. — PN4899.C395D55 2016
  • Eye on the Struggle

    Ethel Payne, the First Lady of the Black Press

    Morris, James McGrath,
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015] — PN4874.P363M67 2015
  • Ida

    a Sword Among Lions : Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching

    Giddings, Paula
    Book, 2008New York, N.Y. : Amistad, c2008. — E185.97.W55G53 2008
  • Never in My Wildest Dreams

    a Black Woman's Life in Journalism

    Davis, Belva, 1932-
    Book, 2010Sausalito, CA : Polipoint Press ; [LaVergne, Tenn.] : Distributed by Ingram Publisher Services, c2010. — PN4874.D3565A3 2011
  • Book, 2010Bloomington, IN : AuthorHouse, 2010. — PN4874.S5165A3 2010
  • The Next Big Story

    My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities

    O'Brien, Soledad, 1966-
    Book, 2010New York : New American Library, c2010. — PN4874.O355A3 2010
  • Postcards From Cookie

    a Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail

    Clarke, Caroline V.
    Book, 2014New York : Harper, c2014. — HV874.82.C52A3 2014
  • The Race Beat

    the Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation

    Roberts, Gene
    Book, 2006New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. — PN4888.R3R63 2006
  • Race News

    Black Journalists and the Fight for Racial Justice in the Twentieth Century

    Carroll, Fred, 1971-
    Paperback, 2017Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2017. — PN4882.5.C38 2017
  • Shocking the Conscience

    a Reporter's Account of the Civil Rights Movement

    Booker, Simeon, 1918-
    Paperback, 2013Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013] — E185.61.B697 2013
  • Trailblazer

    a Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America

    Gilliam, Dorothy Butler, 1936-
    Book, 2019Nashville : Center Street, 2019. — PN4874.G387A3 2019
  • Book, 2011Las Vegas, NV : Farrah Gray Publishing, c2011. — PN4874.L372A3 2011
  • Uncensored

    My Life and Uncomfortable Conversations at the Intersection of Black and White America

    Wood, Zachary R.,
    Book, 2018New York, New York : Dutton, [2018] — PN4874.W6924A3 2018
  • Uncovering Race

    a Black Journalist's Story of Reporting and Reinvention

    Alexander, Amy, 1963-
    Book, 2011Boston : Beacon Press, c2011. — PN4874.A34A3 2011