Broadcasting Freedom: Radio, War, and the Politics of Race, 1938-48 (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)

by Barbara Dianne Savage (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $49.99

  This study reveals how African-American activists, public officials, intellectuals and artists sought to use radio to influence a national debate about racial equality in the 1940s. These broadcasts challenged the nation to reconcile its egalitarian ideals with its unjust treatment of minorities.