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Libel decision shut down segregationists clinging to Jim Crow

February 24, 2022 by William H. Freivogel

To understand why New York Times v. Sullivan is one of the great First Amendment victories of the past century, take a journey back to the segregated America of the1960s. America was a place where racial segregation and discrimination were the law of the land and a way of life in the South, Midwest and much of the North. Restaurants and hotels were segregated by law. … [Read more...] about Libel decision shut down segregationists clinging to Jim Crow

GJR book review: Book traces ASNE’s efforts to advance newsroom diversity

October 1, 2013 by Michael Murray Leave a Comment

Chasing Newsroom Diversity: From Jim Crow to Affirmative Action Author: Gwyneth Mellinger Publisher: Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013 Hardcover: $25, 238 pages Professor Gwyneth Mellinger has written a thoughtful, thorough account of the efforts of U.S. newspapers to achieve newsroom diversity through the work of the American Society of Newspaper Editors … [Read more...] about GJR book review: Book traces ASNE’s efforts to advance newsroom diversity

Book Review: “The Warmth of Other Suns”

March 26, 2011 by Editor Leave a Comment

Jim Crow had many faces. One face of Jim Crow was the simple act of many white southerners stepping on a bus. If they didn’t want to sit with people in the front of the bus, they grabbed the colored-only sign and moved it back a row. Blacks in the back would then be forced ever farther to the back, while just one white person sat in the seat for whites only. Another … [Read more...] about Book Review: “The Warmth of Other Suns”

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