Word warrior : Richard Durham, radio, and freedom / Sonja D. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Sonja D., author.

Series:

New Black studies.

New Black Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Durham, Richard, 1917-1984.

Durham, Richard.

African American authors--20th century--Biography.

African American authors.

African American journalists--Biography.

African American journalists.

African American political activists--Biography.

African American political activists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Posthumously inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2007, Richard Durham creatively chronicled and brought to life the significant events of his times. Durham's trademark narrative style engaged listeners with fascinating characters, compelling details and sharp images of pivotal moments in American and African American history and culture. In 'Word Warrior', award-winning radio producer Sonja D. Williams draws on archives and hard-to-access family records, as well as interviews with family and colleagues like Studs Terkel and Toni Morrison, to illuminate Durham's astounding career.

Contents:

Remembering

Rural wanderings

Chicago

Radio beckons

Scripts and scoops

Rare broadcasts

Freedom

Moving on

Empowerment

Struggling to fly

Globetrotting with the greatest

Black political power

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 14, 2016).

ISBN:

9780252097980

025209798X

OCLC:

915152208