Chronicles of a two-front war : civil rights and Vietnam in the African American press

Chronicles of a two-front war : civil rights and Vietnam in the African American press / Lawrence Allen Eldridge.

During the Vietnam War, young African Americans fought to protect the freedoms of Southeast Asians and died in disproportionate numbers compared to their white counterparts. Despite their sacrifices, black Americans were unable to secure equal rights at home, and because the importance of the war ov...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eldridge, Lawrence Allen, 1937-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African American press > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Press coverage > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > African Americans.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Public opinion.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
African American press
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
Armed Forces > African Americans
Civil rights movements
Press coverage
Public opinion
Race relations
United States > Armed Forces > African Americans.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Bringing the news home
  • Vietnam and the great society: the two-front war
  • Fueling the anger: the draft and black casualties
  • African American opposition to the war in Vietnam
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. and the globalization of black protest
  • "We're with your, chief": the black press and LBJ
  • The black press and Vietnam in the Nixon years
  • Race relations in an integrated military
  • The black press and the Vietnam war.

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